Did you know what a CDRK is
CDRK stands for, crash data retrieval kit.
All cars in North America since 1997 have one.
What is that you ask?
In the event of a crash it helps deploy the air bags in a car.
It also records just about everything else that was going on in your car.
It is a black box just like the airplanes use.
It can tell what air bag went off, the speed you were traveling at,
if you applied the brakes prior to the crash, and for how long.
It doesn't stop there, the newer the car the more info it records.
The latest ones record g force, if your seat belt was on, if you had a passenger in the car, how loud the music was, what the temp was in and out of the car. etc.......etc.
Its a good thing right?
Think again.
After a crash the police take this box and reconstruct the crash.
Your insurance company, can and will get the information that has been recorded on this box as well.
They will use this info to settle who was at fault.
They also can see what your driving behavior has been like for any given amount of time. Depending on how old your car is.
The dealers are soon going to have accesses to this info.
Scary stuff. imo
CDRK stands for, crash data retrieval kit.
All cars in North America since 1997 have one.
What is that you ask?
In the event of a crash it helps deploy the air bags in a car.
It also records just about everything else that was going on in your car.
It is a black box just like the airplanes use.
It can tell what air bag went off, the speed you were traveling at,
if you applied the brakes prior to the crash, and for how long.
It doesn't stop there, the newer the car the more info it records.
The latest ones record g force, if your seat belt was on, if you had a passenger in the car, how loud the music was, what the temp was in and out of the car. etc.......etc.
Its a good thing right?
Think again.
After a crash the police take this box and reconstruct the crash.
Your insurance company, can and will get the information that has been recorded on this box as well.
They will use this info to settle who was at fault.
They also can see what your driving behavior has been like for any given amount of time. Depending on how old your car is.
The dealers are soon going to have accesses to this info.
Scary stuff. imo