Car manufacturers will be required to tell new car buyers when their car is equipped with a black box or “event data recorder” under new regulations issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The formal description for the black box is “event data recorder” -which is any electronic devices that capture crash or collision data, in the seconds before, during and after collisions. Black boxes do not capture data unless there is a collision that is severe enough to cause an airbag to deploy.
Car manufacturers will be required to tell new car buyers when their car is equipped with a black box or “event data recorder” under new regulations issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The formal description for the black box is “event data recorder” -which is any electronic devices that capture crash or collision data, in the seconds before, during and after collisions. Black boxes do not capture data unless there is a collision that is severe enough to cause an airbag to deploy.
Manufacturers are not required to put event data recorders/black boxes in new cars. Nonetheless, over 60% of new models as of 2005 did have some form of black box.
The new rule passed doesn’t go in effect until the 2011 model year. Even though the black boxes are not mandatory, if a black box or event data recorder is included in the car, it must be noted in the owner’s manual that comes with the car when it is sold. The new rule applies to cars and trucks with a gross weight of 8500 pounds or less and separate rules will be issued on larger, heavier vehicles–which are mostly trucks.
Rick Shapiro has practiced personal injury law for over 30 years in Virginia, North Carolina, and throughout the Southeastern United States. He is a Board-Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (ABA Accredited) and has litigated injury cases throughout the eastern United States, including wrongful death, trucking, faulty products, railroad, and medical negligence claims. During his three-decade career, Shapiro has won client appeals before the VA Supreme Court, VA Court of Appeals, NC Supreme Court, SC Supreme Court, WV Supreme Court, TN Supreme Court, and three times before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, underscoring Shapiro’s trial achievements. In addition, he and his law firm have won settlements/verdicts in excess of $100 million. His success in and out of the courtroom is a big reason why he was named 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” in railroad law in U.S. News & World Report's Best Lawyers publication (Norfolk, VA area), and he has been named a “Best Lawyer” and “Super Lawyer” by those peer-reviewed organizations for multiple years. Rick was also named a “Leader in the Law, Class of 2022” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly (total of 33 statewide honorees consisting of lawyers and judges across Virginia). And in September 2023, Rick was selected as a recipient of the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) 2023 President’s Award. Although many nominations were submitted from across the country, Rick was just one of eight attorneys chosen by the prestigious National Board which certifies civil trial attorneys across the U.S. Rick was also recently named to Virginia Lawyers Weekly 2024 Virginia’s Go To Lawyers Medical Malpractice. The attorneys awarded this honor are nominated by their colleagues and chosen by a panel from the publication.
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