Black Box May Help Win Your Car Accident Claim

Virtually every car built today has a black box/ EDR. The EDR helps reconstruction experts and attorneys better determine how the accident occurred. The black boxes provide data for at least five seconds before the accident and five seconds afterwards. Some black boxes provide data for a longer time frame. This is very helpful in car accident reconstruction. There are experts around the country who can download the information after the accident. The data retrieved, no matter what vehicle, can help win a case in an automobile or truck crash. Congress and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) should require that automobile manufacturers not secretly hide data nor make it difficult for experts to retrieve the data from the black boxes. It is a safety issue.

Therefore, your best friend could be the black box. The data in the black box in your car will show that you were not speeding, that you were braking before the collision, etc. On the other hand, the black box in the other vehicle will show that he or she was speeding and/or did not brake in time to avoid the collision, etc. This impartial data will help you win your case.