The Datatec SRComm [Google translate] is a black box flight recorder for cars. Stores things like acceleration, steering wheel action and braking using GPS and a passel of sensors. And saves data onto Memory Stick. How long before these are mandatory, driven by insurance premium pressure or law?
http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/cars/blackboxes/
They are in 25 million cars in North America according to this article. I believe that the case mentioned in this article resulted in the first conviction with black boxes as evidence.
Whoa, faster than I thought. Sheesh!