For those who don't know, i own a workshop that has a small showroom where we sell all sorts of spare parts and accessories for cars, one of our best selling items over the last 2 years have been 'black box video recorders', you know, the ones used to capture just about every 'crazy driver video compilation' on youtube.
I sell them to everyone from ma & pa to professional drivers, they all say the same thing 'this will save me drama in case of an accident' or 'this will prove that i wasn't at fault', this is public mentality toward data collection, i recon that most of my customers believe that they are fantastic drivers and would jump at the opportunity to have an insurance company supply them with a data collection device...
People that are car enthusiasts (or hoons) like me and everyone else on here, are more likely to be against this as we (this is only a generalisation, so don't take offence) often break the law when driving a car (i break the speed limit most times i drive) but you know what, if i where to be pulled up on it, i don't fight it, if im prepare to do the crime, then i need to be prepare to do the time. One or two km's over the limit means fuck all in court, as would data showing that from a 'flight recorder', 5 or more, then your in trouble, (we've all seen the tac ads on tv showing how 5 kms over effects stopping/reaction times, so theres no argument there).
I guess what im getting at is that the majority of motorists (that i have come through my shop anyway) seem to like the idea of having proof that they aren't at fault incase of an accident. I don't think that we will win this one. At the end of the day, dickheads will pay more for insurance
