The safety board said last Tuesday that, based on its investigation of that accident, the government should require "black box" data recorders in all passenger vehicles.
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20040...0051-8462r.htm

The wonders of technology. There are a lot of good reasons for your
car to have a computer, and to save data about its operations,
but

This points to another problem. Who does the information in the boxes belong to?