Reading C5 crash data
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Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 4,661
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From: Ocean Springs MS
It's part of the airbag system, and would be difficult to remove without totally disabling the airbags. As for monitoring, it only keeps a running tally of the last 15 sec or so of info, which it stores in the event of an airbag deployment.
The stored data can be a two edged sword. If you're going way over the speed limit and cause a horrible crash, the data is just one more nail in your coffin. Howver, if you get into a crash where you were not being too foolish, it can refute the idiot eyewitness who says "that vette must have been doing at least 100 mph. It's his fault."
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Joined: Oct 1999
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From: Charlotte, NC (formerly Endicott, NY)
It's part of the airbag system, and would be difficult to remove without totally disabling the airbags. As for monitoring, it only keeps a running tally of the last 15 sec or so of info, which it stores in the event of an airbag deployment.
The stored data can be a two edged sword. If you're going way over the speed limit and cause a horrible crash, the data is just one more nail in your coffin. Howver, if you get into a crash where you were not being too foolish, it can refute the idiot eyewitness who says "that vette must have been doing at least 100 mph. It's his fault."
The stored data can be a two edged sword. If you're going way over the speed limit and cause a horrible crash, the data is just one more nail in your coffin. Howver, if you get into a crash where you were not being too foolish, it can refute the idiot eyewitness who says "that vette must have been doing at least 100 mph. It's his fault."
Bill
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