On three previous occasions, I’ve blogged about the “black box” standards that took effect on September 1, 2012. You can read my earlier posts here: Black Boxes: The Promise and the Problems (July 18, 2011) Black Boxes: The Bill, the Vote, and the Year 2015 (May 1, 2012) Black Boxes: The Problems and the Promise [...]
driving behavior
On July 18, 2011, I published “Black Boxes: The Problems and the Promise.” At that time, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) had issued a rule requiring all event data recorders (EDRs) installed in new cars after September 1, 2012, to capture data in the same way. The rule required [...]
Major auto manufacturers are now building event data recorders (EDRs) — or black boxes — into our cars. Like an airplane’s flight data recorder, an automobile EDR is designed to prove exactly what happened in the moments leading up to and right after an “event,” such as an accident. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National [...]
We seem to be getting closer and closer to the point where the personal lines auto insurance industry begins to pursue serious telematics offerings — beyond small pilot tests. Of course, Progressive has been at the forefront for many years with various pilot programs and patents starting in the late 1990s. And with more than 100,000 customers [...]
