I found this at Hemmings Motor News.
Legislation: Black Box Law Crashes
Montana's HB 322, the so-called "black box law," is dead.
Representive Roger Koopman's bill would have regulated the types of data obtained by car-based event data recorders and circumstances under which it could be collected and transmitted. However, it missed the deadline for financing in this year's session. Similar in concept to those found in all commercial aircraft, event data recorders and crash data retrieval systems are being developed primarily to aid in accident reconstruction, although their critics fear they could also be used to gather information that would infringe on motorists' civil liberties. The National Transportation Safety Board and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration currently recommend that once standards for event data recorders are developed, their installation should be required in all newly manufactured light-duty vehicles. HB 322 would also have prevented the sale of automotive black boxes that could not be deactivated.
- - By David B. Traver Adolphus
Legislation: Black Box Law Crashes
Montana's HB 322, the so-called "black box law," is dead.
Representive Roger Koopman's bill would have regulated the types of data obtained by car-based event data recorders and circumstances under which it could be collected and transmitted. However, it missed the deadline for financing in this year's session. Similar in concept to those found in all commercial aircraft, event data recorders and crash data retrieval systems are being developed primarily to aid in accident reconstruction, although their critics fear they could also be used to gather information that would infringe on motorists' civil liberties. The National Transportation Safety Board and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration currently recommend that once standards for event data recorders are developed, their installation should be required in all newly manufactured light-duty vehicles. HB 322 would also have prevented the sale of automotive black boxes that could not be deactivated.
- - By David B. Traver Adolphus