Anyone know more about the EVENT DATA RECORDER ?

chubbs

I thought this naughty little thing was worth a thread of its own...


Thanks to ncnick in another thread, I have become aware of this stealthy little device that's fitted to all 370z's. Does anyone have any hard facts about how and when it operates and what it records (the text below doesn't say it ONLY records the list of items it mentions)? As nick says, might it be recording all the time? It would be good to know precise details of something that is logging your behaviour as a driver, wouldn't it?

Here is the information contained within the 370z Owners' Manual, as copied from nick's post...

EVENT DATA RECORDER (EDR)

This vehicle is equipped with an Event Data Recorder (EDR). The main purpose of an EDR is to record, in certain crash or near crash-like situations, such as an air bag deployment or hitting a road obstacle, data that will assist in understanding how a vehicle’s systems performed. The EDR is designed to record data related to vehicle dynamics and safety systems for a short period of time, typically 30 seconds or less. The EDR in this vehicle is designed to record such data as:
. How various systems in your vehicle were operating;
. Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts were buckled/fastened;
. How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the accelerator and/or
brake pedal; and,
. How fast the vehicle was traveling.
. Sounds are not recorded.

These data can help provide a better understanding of the circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur.

NOTE:
EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a nontrivial crash situation occurs; no data are recorded by the EDR under normal driving conditions and no personal data (e.g. name, gender, age and crash location) are recorded. However, other parties, such as law enforcement, could combine the EDR data with the type of personally identifying data routinely acquired during a crash investigation.

To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is required and access to the vehicle or the EDR is needed. In addition to the vehicle manufacturer and NISSAN dealer, other parties, such as law enforcement, that have the special equipment, can read the information if they have access to the vehicle or the EDR.



Edit - It's in Section 9, page 20.

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