Driving with the Black Box

     The National Highway Traffic Safety Board is proposing that the event data recorder be mandatorily installed during the manufacturing of all new vehicles beginning on September 1, 2014. Also known as the Black Box, it is said to have the capability of improving safety technology because it will be able to detect design problems and safety hazards within any vehicle. 

     Although it may be improving safety on U.S. Roadways some are raising the question that it may be crossing privacy barriers. The Black Box can detect all of the following; speed, brake pedal position, location of vehicle, if the passengers are wearing a seatbelt, and if air bags were deployed during a crash. 

     Insurance companies, lawyers, and police departments seem to be in the highest benefits of this new device. Insurance companies will be able to increase or lower your rates depending on the data provided to them by the device. Lawyers will be able to provide more significant data in wreck-less driving or DWI cases, and policemen will be able to quickly note the speed a vehicle was going before being involved in a crash. The Center for Auto Safety seems to provide sufficient information that the data recorders will in fact be benefiting more than anything. In all, the new device is going to approve the safety of most drivers on the roadway.

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Designated Driver's Have Fun Too

Typically, being the designated driver for a group of friends is not viewed as a desirable task.  Unfortunately, the general public is not considering the fact that a designated driver can enjoy themselves just as much as their intoxicated friends! Hence, it is essential to value the significance of being the designated driver, and knowing how to have fun while doing so!

Undoubtedly, there is no need to dread being the designated driver for a night. The key is realizing how delightful it can be! As the designated driver, you will be in charge of all decisions made, since you will, of course, be the only sober being of the group. Secondly, finding amusement in your inebriated friends will be anything but difficult. Since you will be a great deal wittier than your comrades, take advantage of how impressively funny your jokes will be to them! Some venues even offer designated driver’s complimentary sodas and virgin drinks, and spending absolutely no money is certainly satisfying! Also, take the pleasure in socializing with other designated drivers; exchanging stories of your drunken friend’s behavior could be highly entertaining. In this situation, if one of your friends owns a snazzy vehicle, make it perk that you own the keys to their vehicle for that night. Make sure to have each friend in the group that will be drinking to pitch in money for gas. Remember, you are the one doing them a life saving favor! No matter what, stay positive and be proud of yourself! Even though you are the designated driver for the night it does not mean you will be every time. Be sure to evenly rotate the task of designated driver amongst your group of friends, each time you go out. Most importantly, please stick to the decision you have made to be the designated driver. Your friend’s lives are on the line without your sobriety.

Most of us do not realize the severity of going out without a designated driver. Taking a state approved defensive driving course can be a large eye opener as to how many people’s lives are negatively affected by drunk driving every year. If you cannot manage to acquire a designated driver, there are only 7 states in the United States that do not offer Designated Driver Services according to the National Directory of Designated Driver Services. In reality, being the designated driver is not unpleasant as most people visualize, it is an entertaining privilege, and anyone who takes on the job should be considered a hero.

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