Black Box?

GTNOS said:

there are not blacked out CIA helicopters with no FAA numbers tracking you, or satellites either...trust me, i work for the government. im here to help!:laughlitt

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Yeah and dubya and friends are monitoring your phone and email so they can protect you.
It wasn't too long ago that the Soviet Union was helping their citizens in a similar fashion :shocked:

But seriously, older Ford vehicles have what is called an EDR or Event Data Recorder.

Ford is slowly moving away from the Vetronix system. You can see this from the list below.

List of all vehicles with an EDR on board.

Newer Ford vehicles use what's called a RCM or Restraint Control Module.
Since access to the data is exclusive to Ford it's difficult to compile a complete list of parameters monitored but I hear it's pretty extensive.
The RCM records from 5 seconds before an event upto and including the event

Here is a list of what may be monitored.

• lateral acceleration
• longitudinal acceleration
• vertical acceleration
• deceleration
• heading
• vehicle speed
• engine speed
• seat belt status
• braking input
• steering input
• gear selection
• delta v
• turn signal status
• brake light status
• head/tail light status
• hazard light status
• brake system status
• ABS status
• stability control status
• environmental conditions
• cruise control status
• throttle position
• airbag deployment criteria
• airbag deployment time
• airbag deployment energy
• time between airbag non-deploy and deploy event
• ignition cycle count at investigation and event times.



Here are a couple of good links:

Harris Technical Services

Vetronix

Crash Data Retreival System