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Taxi flight recorders »

Joichi Ito
Mar 12, 2004 - 12:49 UTC »

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Black boxes for taxis

According to dottocomu, Japanese taxi firm "Nihon Kotsu has announced it is to introduce "flight recorders" to its fleet--a device that will record video as seen from the driver's seat for 18 seconds spanning before and after an accident."

via Ross

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5 Comments

01. Ross Mayfield - Mar 12, 2004 - 15:13

Is it me, or will the first panopticons be pandora's boxes, opened only in emergencies?

02. Jake of 8bitjoystick.com - Mar 13, 2004 - 04:19

Most airbag systems in cars do this already.

03. MostlyVowels - Mar 14, 2004 - 21:45

Airbags considered harmful (from a privacy perspective, that is ;-)

04. Seb - Mar 15, 2004 - 02:10

It'd be great if the device could start beeping as it begins recording, 18 seconds before the accident.

05. Richard Soderberg - Mar 17, 2004 - 08:07

Lane Transit District has quietly upgraded their entire fleet to full-time video recorders as well.