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from owners manual to the vehicle Smart Fortwo, year of production 2007 - 2013:
>> Introduction.
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conditions and no personal data (e.g.,
Vehicle data recording
name, gender, age, and crash location) are
Data recording
recorded. However, other parties, such as
lawenforcement,cancombinetheEDRdata
Thisvehicleiscapableofrecordingdiag-
with the type of personal identification
nostic information relating to vehicle
data routinely acquired during a crash
operation, malfunctions, and user set-
investigation.
tings. This may include information about
To read data recorded by an EDR, special
the performance or status of various sys-
equipment is required, and access to the
tems,includingbutnotlimitedto,engine,
vehicleortheEDRisneeded.Inadditionto
throttle, steeringorbrakesystems,thatis
the vehicle manufacturer, other parties
stored and can be read out with suitable
that have the special equipment, such as
devices, particularly when the vehicle is
law enforcement, can read the information
serviced. The data obtained is used to
by accessing the vehicle or the EDR.
properly diagnose and service your vehi-
cle or to further optimize and develop
EDRdatamaybeusedincivilandcriminal
vehicle functions.
matters as a tool in accident reconstruc-
tion, accident claims, and vehicle safety.
Since the Crash Data Retrieval CDR tool
Event data recorders
that is used to extract data from the EDR is
commercially available, Mercedes-Benz
Thisvehicleisequippedwithaneventdata
USA, LLC ("MBUSA") expressly disclaims
recorder(EDR).ThemainpurposeofanEDR
any and all liability arising from the
istorecorddatathatwillassistinunder-
extraction of this information by unau-
standinghowavehicle’ssystemsperformed
thorized Mercedes-Benz personnel.
in certain crash or near crash-like situa-
MBUSAwillnotshareEDRdatawithothers
tions,suchasduringairbagdeploymentor
without the consent of the vehicle owners
when hitting a road obstacle. The EDR is
or, if the vehicle is leased, without the
designed to record data related to vehicle
consent of the lessee. Exceptions to this
dynamics and safety systems for a short
representation include responses to sub-
period of time, typically 30 seconds or
poenas by law enforcement; by federal,
less.
state or local government; in connection
The EDR in this vehicle is designed to
withorarisingoutoflitigationinvolving
record such data as:
MBUSAoritssubsidiariesandaffiliates;
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howvarious systems in your vehicle are
or, as required by law.
operating
Warning: The EDR is a component of the
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whether or not the driver and passenger
Restraint System Module. Tampering with,
seat belts are fastened
altering, modifying or removing the EDR
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howfar(ifatall) the driver is depress-
component may result in a malfunction of
ing the accelerator and/or brake pedal
theRestraintSystemModuleandothersys-
and
tems.
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howfast the vehicle is traveling
State laws or regulations regarding EDRs
that conflict with federal regulation are
Thisdatacanhelpprovideabetterunder-
pre-empted.Thismeansthatintheeventof
standing of the circumstances in which
such conflict, the federal regulation gov-
crashesandinjuriesoccur.NOTE:EDRdata
erns. As of February 2013, 13 states have
is recorded by your vehicle only if a non-
enacted laws relating to EDRs.
trivial crash situation occurs; no data is
recorded by the EDR under normal driving
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