Japanese co Horiba Itech has a new in-vehicle video recorder intended to capture the moments before and after an auto accident. The device has a small camera that starts recording after detecting an impact to the car and records video for 15 seconds before and five seconds after the impact. The device also records the position of vehicle via GPS, speed, acceleration and brake data, turn signals and allows the data to be downloaded to a PC for analysis.
Those at-fault might well find themselves reaching for the Erase button after an untoward event.
Horiba Itech to release new in-vehicle recorder for accidents – Kyodo News, April 6, 2006
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How does it record 15 seconds before impact, unless it’s recording all the time?
Is there an ‘erase’ button? And wouldn’t it look really suspicious if you hit it?