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Old October 9th 18, 02:46 PM posted to rec.autos.tech
Scott Dorsey
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Default NY stretch limo fatal crash - officials seized airbag module - why?

> wrote:
>Some guy on the evening news claimed it was the vehicle's "black box recorder"
>eh?
>Some of the airbag controllers I have seen are quite simple and independent.
>They would not be logging data.
>I would think the ECU is more likely to do this. I believe they store
>maxima for the last engine start: things like speed, RPM, temperature.


They might, but the airbag controllers have accelerometers in them. If the
accelerometer data has been logged, it could be very interesting for crash
analysis.
--scott
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