Additional information on Event Data Recorders.
EDR Case Law
A listing of court cases where crash data recorder
evidence was introduced.
California Vehicle Code Section 9951
As of July 1, 2004, California passed a law attempting to require the registered vehicle owner's consent,
or a court order, for an EDR to be downloaded. This is the full text of Assembly
Bill 213 that was signed by the governor.
Sample EDR Download
An image of the print report that is obtained using the
CDR Tool.
Protocols for the Recovery, Maintenance and
Presentation of Motor Vehicle Event Data Recorder Evidence (06/03)
The
recovery and presentation of electronic data requires procedures that assure
the
information presented is an accurate record of the data stored on the
computer chip and
that the data was not altered or lost due to mishandling. This protocol,
based on U.S. Dept. of
Justice standards for handling digital evidence,
has been written to provide a means of being
reasonably certain that data held as coming from
an EDR is an accurate representation, that
data access and recovery was authorized and
that recovered data is afforded protection from
an inadvertent release. These procedures provide that documentation must be such that
in the
absence of the originator, another competent person can evaluate what was done and
interpret the data.
Event Data Recorders
This is the unedited version of an article that appeared in the Sept.
2003 issue of Law
and Order Magazine, by Joseph E. Badger.
NHTSA REPORT - Recording Automotive Crash Event Data
An early report by NHTSA on crash data recorders.
Event Data Recorders - Summary of Findings by
the NHTSA EDR Working Group, August, 2001
This is a
report by NHTSA on Event Data Recorders.
Crash Data Retrieval
Validation Testing
This is a report published by the Wisconsin State Police Academy on the accuracy
of Event Data Recorders in test conditions.
The Use of Event Data Recorders in the
Analysis of Real-World Crashes
Road Safety and Motor
Vehicle Regulation Directorate, Transport Canada;
Multi-Disciplinary Accident Research Team, University of Western
Ontario;
Transportation Centre, University of Saskatchewan.
U.S.
Dept. of Justice publications.
Searching and Seizing Computers and Obtaining
Electronic Evidence in Criminal Investigations
Digital Evidence: Standards and Principles
Recovering and Examining Computer Forensic Evidence
Federal Guidelines for Searching and Seizing
Computers
