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March 2007 - Article: Carlist.com

Carlist.com  Tracking Teenage Drivers
  In 2004, 18 percent of teenagers' fatalities occurred between 9 pm and midnight, and   22 percent occurred between midnight and 6 am. Fifty-four percent of teenagers'                                               fatalities occurred on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday..."

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January 2007 - Article: EMS Magazine

EMS Magazine  Best Practices for EMS: Black Box Technology
  One of the most dangerous tasks undertaken in EMS is driving an emergency vehicle.
  An operator has to concentrate on traffic flow, emergency radio transmissions, geography...

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March 2006 - Article: The Insider, Rochester, NY

Insider Rochester Remixed  Why Johnny Can't Speed.
  If you've got a young driver in your life, you ought to consider
  the Road Safety RS-1000. Basically an automotive black box...

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March 10, 2006 - Video: ABC 11 Eyewitness News Raleigh, North Carolina

  Road Safety Black box controls speeding
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February 2006 - Article: Anderson Independent-Mail

Anderson Independent-Mail  Device Monitors Ambulance Drivers
  Insurance for company dropping nearly 30 percent.

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January 2006 - Article: PC World

PC World  Gadget Freak: Tracking The Wild Teenager

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August 26, 2005 - Article: The Detroit News

The Detroit News  'Black Boxes' Keep Eye On Bad Drivers.

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July 24, 2005 - Article: South Bend Tribune

South Bend Tribune  LifeCare Ambulance Touts Safety Program.

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June 3, 2005 - Article: USA Today

USA Today  A growing number of highway safety advocates are calling for the
  use of high-tech "black boxes" in cars...


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May 11, 2005 - Video: WDAF Fox 4 News Kansas City, MO

  Tracking Teen Drivers
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May 4, 2005 - Video: WTHI 10 CBS Terre Haute, IN

  Why Johnny Can't Drive
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May 2, 2005 - Video: Ohio News Network

  Highway Safety Technology
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March 2005 - Article: EMS Insider

 Device Improves Ambulance Drivers' Performance

Feb 28, 2005 - Article/Video: World News Tonight

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Feb 17, 2005 - Video: WOWT News Omaha, NB

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Feb 11, 2005 - Video: WLTX News Columbia, SC

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Jan 16, 2004 - Video: ABC 5/KSTP-TV St. Paul/Minneapolis

Article with Video Clip:
Safe Force technology helps you track how your kids are driving

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Dec 12, 2003 - Video: Tech TV


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Dec 8, 2003 - Video: Fox 31 Denver

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Nov 29, 2003 - Article: GM-Today (Freeman Newspapers)

Black box helps keep teen drivers safe -
Data tells parents how kids drive
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Sept 18, 2003 - Video: CNN FN


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Sept 16, 2003 - Audio: Minnesota Public Radio/Marketplace

☼ Audio: Commentary - Are black boxes right in cars?

Should cars, like airplanes, have black boxes? Well, a company called Road Safety has rolled out a black box for under $300. You plug in the device, then wait for the mean beep it delivers when you're not driving safely. But is it a waste of dollars or good sense? Commentators Barry Nalebuff and Ian Ayres say it’s not a necessity for everyone, but the box does help change drivers’ behavior behind the wheel. Does the car black box get in the way of privacy or help drivers move around more safely so they can obtain cheaper auto insurance? Both. They say the real mystery is why major car companies aren’t already using the device.

Commentators: Yale professors Ian Ayres and Barry Nalebuff
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Sept 9, 2003 - Article: Washington Post

The Snoop in your Coupe - Data Recorders interest Parents, Police,
by Staff Writer Don Oldenburg

On a freeway north of Los Angeles, as Ryan Evans's sleek 1998 Honda Accord coupe speeds above 70 mph, the black box tucked under his front passenger seat grumbles a grating noise, warning the 18-year-old that he's going too fast.

If he doesn't ease up on the gas pedal within 10 seconds, the warning gets nastier. That's when Evans's souped-up "event data recorder" snitches on him. It will note the speeding incident, along with other dangerous driving behaviors, in a computer file.

Road Safety International, a Thousand Oaks firm that has sold 10,000 of its professional-grade recorders to paramedic, police and firefighter fleets, designed the cheaper consumer model that Evans is test-driving specifically for parents to install in their teenagers' cars. The modular components record data, such as seat-belt use, speed, hard braking, hard cornering, pedal-to-metal acceleration and throttle position, that can be uploaded to home computers using software that analyzes driving performance...
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Aug 11, 2003 - Article: Forbes, Why Not?

Black Box for Cars, column by Yale professors Ian Ayres and Barry Nalebuff

When we started this column last year, FORBES challenged us to report back if any why-not ideas make it to the product shelf. Road Safety International offers an inspiring example of bringing a why-not idea to market. Driving a car is one of the most dangerous things people do. There are 24 million auto accidents a year, and 2.4 million people are injured in them. Annually, the number of auto fatalities would be equivalent to the deaths from a 737 plane crash every day.

Most of us don't want to think about the dangers of driving. That fatalistic attitude is wrong. It's possible to make automobiles safer and make money in the process. To see how, take a lesson from airplanes. The first thing people do after a plane crash is look for the "black box" (more formally known as the event data recorder). Why not a black box for cars? It would allow police and carmakers to understand what happened just before the crash.

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March 21, 2003 - Video: USA Today


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March 12, 2003 - Video: Channel One

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Nov 8, 2002 - Article: News 4 JAX/IBS Network Jacksonville, FL

Young Drivers Don't Like It, But Mourning Dad Believes This Could Help ...Parents have good reason to worry. The combination of teenage confidence and inexperience can be lethal. Teenage drivers are twice as likely to be involved in crashes as adults. Teen Kerry Farr died when the car she was riding in hit a tree at high speed. Her father -- a paramedic -- was already familiar with the black box installed in the ambulance he drives. He believes the boxes should be standard equipment for all teenage drivers...
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Nov 5, 2002 - Article: Tech TV

Black boxes track teen drivers
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Nov 4, 2002 - Article: CBS / CNN / WROC 8 Rochester

Road safety system

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Oct 12, 2002 - Article: The Partnership for Safe Driving

New black box for teens could save lives
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Oct 5, 2002 - Article: Infinisource


Computer in your teen’s car monitors driving
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Sept 16, 2002 - Article: Newton Police – Reprinted ABC News Brief

Teen drivers collide head on with reality
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Sept 6, 2002 - Article: Las Vegas Sun

Black boxes – seen as way to monitor teens’ driving
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Sept 4, 2002 - Video: ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings

Safety in a Box? - New Device Shows Up Teen Drivers’ Mistakes;
Records Them for Parents
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Sept 2, 2002 - Article: San Francisco Chronicle

Car crash “black box” recorders are moving from airliners to autos
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Aug 22, 2002 - Article: New York Times Online

A Parental Black Box for Young Drivers
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Aug 15, 2002 - Article: News Net 5 Cleveland

Black box tracks teen drivers’ every move –
alarm will sound if driver speeds
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Aug 1, 2002 - Video/Article: CBS News/The Early Show

Study Hall Report – What kind of driver are you

The device monitors speed in turns and whether you brake too quickly. As long as your driving is smooth and steady, the system is silent.


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Aug 1, 2002 - Article: Discovery Channel

Friend or Foe: Black Box for teens The "black box" is a dumbed-down version of the system used in emergency vehicles such as ambulances. Geared towards preventing accidents, the product aims to change unsafe driving behavior in the vehicle. The computer system is simply plugged into the vehicle Data Link Connector where it monitors the teen's driving on a "second by second" basis...
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July 28, 2002 - Article: Sunday Herald

Black box allows parents to spy on teenage drivers
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July 20, 2002 - Video: CNN-Headline News

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July 17, 2002 - Video: Inside Edition

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July 14, 2002 - Video: ABC 7 Eyewitness News


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July 5, 2002 - Video: USA Today

Tech Reviews - Monitor keeps close eye on teens' driving habits
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July 5, 2002 - Article: KomoTV 4 Seattle

New device for cars can help parents keep tabs on teen drivers
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