Comment by alexjplant

All new manufacture cars sold in the US already have "black box" data recorders that can be dumped in the event of an accident. In many cases this can even be done without a warrant as of a decade ago [1] - not sure whether that's changed. In any event it seems as though this is a natural evolution in concert with those voluntary ODB-II devices that insurers started using to record driving habits.

[1] https://www.edmunds.com/car-technology/car-black-box-recorde...