Event Data Recorder (EDR)
This vehicle is equipped with an event data recorder (EDR)
.
The main purpose of an
EDR is to record, in certain crash or near crash-like situations, such as an air bag deploy-
ment or hitting a road obstacle, data that will assist in understanding how a vehicle’s sys-
tems performed
.
The EDR is designed to record data related to vehicle dynamics and
safety systems for a short period of time, typically 30 seconds or less
.
The EDR in this
vehicle is designed to record such data as:
•
How various systems in your vehicle were operating;
•
Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts were buckled/fastened;
•
How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the accelerator and/or brake pedal; and,
•
How fast the vehicle was traveling
.
These data can help provide a better understanding of the circumstances in which
crashes and injuries occur
.
NOTE:
EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a non-trivial crash situation occurs; no data
are recorded by the EDR under normal driving conditions and no personal data (e
.
g
.
,
name, gender, age, and crash location) are recorded
.
However, other parties, such as law
enforcement, could combine the EDR data with the type of personally identifying data
routinely acquired during a crash investigation
.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is required, and access to the ve-
hicle or the EDR is needed
.
In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, other parties, such as
law enforcement, that have the special equipment, can read the information if they have
access to the vehicle or the EDR
.
Child Restraints
Everyone in your vehicle needs to be buckled up at all times, including babies and chil-
dren
.
Every state in the United States, and every Canadian province, requires that small
children ride in proper restraint systems
.
This is the law, and you can be prosecuted for
ignoring it
.
Children 12 years or younger should ride properly buckled up in a rear seat, if available
.
According to crash statistics, children are safer when properly restrained in the rear seats
rather than in the front
.
WARNING!
In a collision, an unrestrained child can become a projectile inside the vehicle
.
The force
required to hold even an infant on your lap could become so great that you could not
hold the child, no matter how strong you are
.
The child and others could be badly in-
jured
.
Any child riding in your vehicle should be in a proper restraint for the child’s size
.
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