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| ↑ Tiger Woods operated Hyundai GV80 / TKWLS = Genesis promotion Twitter capture |
While the US police are investigating the car rollover accident of Tiger Woods, the’Golf Emperor’, attention is focused on the’black box’ that contains driving information of the Hyundai Motors Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) that Woods drove.
According to the Associated Press and the Los Angeles Times (LAT) today (25th local time), the Los Angeles County police estimate the cause of the rollover accident as speeding, and are paying attention to the black box containing the information at the time.
The SUV that Woods drove was the Genesis GV80, which was released in January last year, and it is a model with a large number of driver convenience and vehicle safety specifications applied.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a briefing, “Speed may have been a factor in the accident. We hope that the black box can quickly investigate the cause of the accident.” “The black box is about how fast Woods drove the SUV at the time of the accident. We will provide the information to the investigators.”
“Investigators will rely heavily on the data stored on the Genesis SUV to find out what happened,” the Associated Press said. “The black box can give you a clue to the cause of the accident.”
Black box refers to a metal box in which an aircraft flight recorder is stored. In the US automobile industry, a device that stores driving information in case of a car accident (EDR) is also called a black box.
Car black boxes are usually attached to the center of the dashboard or under the seat, and the information can be downloaded by the police investigating the car accident.
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| ↑ A scene of downloading information from a car black box / TKWLS=Capture the homepage of a black box information processing company for accident vehicles |
Installation of a car black box is not mandatory in the US.
However, when a black box is installed, it is stipulated that information such as speed, whether the accelerator pedal and brake are activated, whether seat belts are installed and airbags are activated, and the vehicle rollover speed must be recorded 5 seconds before the collision.
The Associated Press quoted data from the Federal Highway Traffic Safety Administration, saying, “Nearly all vehicles currently have black boxes,” and said that global automakers are voluntarily installing black boxes to enhance safety reliability.
Moreover, as the Woodsga-mon GV80 is a Hyundai luxury brand Genesis car, more detailed information will be recorded in the black box, experts said.
“Hyundai and Kia’s black box records more driving information than necessary,” said Richard Rus, an expert in car accident investigation consulting.
He said, “Some models of Hyundai and Kia even store the pre-collision angle of the steering system of the car, so you can see how hard the driver has tried to avoid a collision.” It is equipped with a black box that can record data related to this.”
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| ↑ US police inspecting the inside of the GV80 in an accident / Photo = Yonhap News |
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