Soon, every move of a driver will be recorded in the mandatory block box installed in every vehicle, according to press reports.


Federal safety officials today proposed a new rule requiring black box data loggers that capture the moments before and after an incident, in all new cars and trucks in the United States.



Such recorders now come standard in most new vehicles, but the auto industry opposes a mandate and the states will do little to resolve a simmering legal battle over who can see what the black boxes record.



The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it will require all new U.S. vehicles to have


black boxes by September 1, 2014, noting that 96 percent of the 2013 models already come with the black boxes. The new proposal does not change the 15 types of data the black boxes must record when it detects a collision.



"By understanding how drivers respond in an accident and if the security key systems work properly, NHTSA and the automakers can make our cars and our roads even safer," U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said. "This proposal will give us the critical insight and information we need to save more lives." Privacy advocates are vehemently opposed to such a mandate.

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