desrtrat Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 (edited) well GM has On Star to track and find your vehicles when your payments are late, i just found this in my 08s owner manual Event Data Recorders This vehicle has 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 deployment or hitting a road obstacle, data that will assist in understanding how a vehicle’s systems 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 pressing the accelerator and/or brake pedal • How fast the vehicle was traveling This data can help provide a better understanding of the circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur. Important: EDR data is recorded by your vehicle only if a non-trivial crash situation occurs; no data is recorded by the EDR under normal driving conditions and no personal data (e.g., name, gender, age, and crash location) is 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 vehicle 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. GM will not access this data or share it with others except: with the consent of the vehicle owner or, if the vehicle is leased, with the consent of the lessee; in response to an official request of police or similar government office; as part of GM’s defense of litigation through the discovery process; or, as required by law. Data that GM collects or receives may also be used for GM research needs or may be made available to others for research purposes, where a need is shown and the data is not tied to a specific vehicle or vehicle owner. i guess you can't BS your way out any more Edited November 29, 2008 by desrtrat (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF-03-SS Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 I've heard this will be standard on all cars by 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike1booth Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 worth it if its stolen, unless you dont like your ride lol i had a dream lastnight someone close to me set up my truck to be stolen... called onstar, got a location, killed everyone there lol i gotta stop watchin movies ahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kweber1911 Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 one of my father in laws co-workers has that same stuff in his truck...he was out drinking one night, didnt have too much to drink, swerved to miss a deer. He hit a guard rail on the side of his truck, no airbags deployed, just some scratches and dents. The cops showed up in his driveway about 30 minutes later in response to a "car accident" from onstar....he got a DUI by just barely blowing over the limit. I know he shouldnt have been driving, and it could have been worse. just scary that they are out there......watching your every move...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitches040 Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Ah .... This has been around for since about the mid 90's ... We subpeona the records all the time in bad accident ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCountry Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Rare SS here... NO ONSTAR... whoop whoop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busterz Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Rare SS here... NO ONSTAR... whoop whoop No on star for me either. Too much technology is a bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssspringer Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 No on star for me either. Too much technology is a bad thing. I ve got but not hooked up...a little scary for me...but a big plus in some cases!! I just don't like being tracked quite so closely!!! Who knows maybe one day i'll wish i had it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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