[Matt @ Jul 24th 2007 1:30PM]

You know what might be neat? A continuously running video camera that records the last five minutes onto a flash drive. Like how cop cars record what's in front of them. It would come in handy if you ever have to prove who caused an accident... and wouldn't be too expensive either!

[J @ Jul 24th 2007 2:09PM]

I don't think it's long before cars have this by default in them. As you say, it's not too expensive. Of course, the problem is, if the camera is in the front of my car, it's only going to show so much. What we need is black boxes on every car so that fatal accidents, or disputed accidents can be decided objectively, without a lot of (costly, timely) police investigations.

I would imagine the black box would record front, rear, maybe side views, speed, amount of breaking, potential swerving etc. It's probably not something you want your insurance company to get their hands on, but if you can lower your insurance premiums, I bet a lot of people will sign up for that to be installed at the factory.