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One aspect of the Toyota recall you might not have considered. The company is developing a more comprehensive ‘black box' data recorder to be installed in every car. Like the ones in aircraft, these will record exactly what's happening in key systems up to a crash.
They'll keep an eye on speed, throttle, brakes and more.
Toyota wants to use the data to help diagnose the causes of ‘unintended acceleration'. There's a big storm brewing in the US, where many consumer groups and members of the congress are alleging that there's a more complex problem than the sticky throttle pedal that's being recalled in Britain at the moment.
Of course, you can immediately see where this is going. If this idea catches on, every move we make as drivers will be recorded and could be stored. Fancy that? Us neither.
Paul Horrell, Consultant Editor of Top Gear magazine
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Da_Vincentius commented on this article
at 01:29 pm on 22 March 2010
Big brother is watching you!
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AFreeman commented on this article
at 02:21 pm on 22 March 2010
One more reason not to buy Toyota's, as if being soulless and boring weren't enough.
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Noesph commented on this article
at 04:03 pm on 22 March 2010
ah well, have to stick to classic's
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JOHNJOE commented on this article
at 04:14 pm on 22 March 2010
a good old peugeot 205 gti will do me it does not record my movements and does not jam the throttle
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rustymx5 commented on this article
at 04:37 pm on 22 March 2010
Not to worry, wouldnt have dreamed of buying one anyway...
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