highoctane
Caught the Bug
I'm pretty sure my new '13 WK2 Grand Cherokee has one of these black boxes in it. I was reading about it somewhere else when I was researching before buying it.
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Ok question on this topic,
Ok so if its used just for the purpose of determining a accident thats great, but how much data is it going to hold onto / store? For us Jeep owners that could back fire on us. If it holds say 3 months worth of data at a time and while we are up on the trails and it records every rock hit to the bumpers or anything else or so forth, whos to say that when the data is gone over after lets say a fender bender or other simple accident who is to stop the insurance company from saying that the damage wasnt done by the accident but happened while up on the trail? and refuse to pay for repairs?:thinking::thinking::idontknow:
Well good sir, I can assure you there is no way to tell if a rock damaged your bumper through a black box, it's not that sophisticated. I can tell speeds at time of air bag deployment and speed profiles up to 30 seconds prior to a collision. Doesn't track gps movements, gas in your tank or how many people are in your Jeep.
I read somewhere Oregon is implementing these for a mileage tax. They said that fuel efficient cars are taking away revenue because they don't use as much gas so they aren't paying as much of the gas tax. They will be taxing you by the miles you drive. It's crazy.