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posted on June 19, 2009

World's First Motor Vehicle ‘Black Box’ Data Security Standard Begun at IEEE; Intended to Enhance Both Highway Safety and Consumer Protection

To help make vehicle and highway transportation safer and reduce fatalities, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers created IEEE 1616™ in 2004, the first universal standard for motor vehicle event data recorders, much like those that monitor crashes on aircraft and trains. Now, as millions of vehicles include MVEDR memory modules, new work has begun on an amendment – “IEEE P1616a™, IEEE Standard for Motor Vehicle Event Data Recorders (MVEDRs) - Amendment 1: Motor Vehicle Event Data Recorder Connector Lockout Apparatus (MVEDRCLA)” – in order to help prevent data tampering, vehicle identification number theft, and odometer fraud.


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