?Black box in 2000 wrangler, 96 cherokee.

Presumably the federal tax on gasoline meets the purpose, although in the case of Jeeps, there is an aerodynamic "brick tax" extra slight penalty.

Clint proclaimed:

What really surprised me about the message string is as follows and shows something about the brain cells of the majority (but not all) of those who responded: The premise is that we already know from credible reports that (a) some manufacturers have installed the boxes, and (b) not all manufacturers have clearly told their purchasers about them, (c) only later models have them, and (d) the devices gather data about at least the last X-time-period before a given accident.

The question was, Do those specific vehicles have those boxes?

The majority response was, (a) It is paranoid to ask, (b) Asking implies you are doing something wrong.

In fact, the question was a request for facts, not for ill-thought out moralizing. In addition, the question is neutral: You want to know just as badly if there is a box whether you drove the Wrangler or Cherokee in question or you got hit by one. To say, something like a few posters have said in effect: "We know it may exist, we know therefore that someone else thinks the information is worth gathering, but we think it would be paranoid to ask about it, and in all cases we don't want to know WHETHER the information is available, never mind what it is" seems just nuts.

It's the equivalent of the knee jerk response to various efforts to limit individual rights, i.e., the statement goes, "If you didn't do nothin' wrong, you don't care if they search your trailer" etc. If you think about it, you need to care because the same statement could be made in a totalitarian state and be as equally valid as in a state with a Bill of Rights, Charter of Rights, EU Convention, etc.

So, if we could cut the "bllsht" and get a real answer, that might be something!!

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"If your car is equipped with airbags it's also equipped with a black box."

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Absolutely correct!

Tom

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