2013 Dodge Avenger Owner Manual - Page 77

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 75 vehicle dynamics and safety systems for a short period of NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a time, typically 30 seconds or less. The EDR in this vehicle non-trivial crash situation occurs; no data are recorded by is designed to record such data as: the EDR under normal driving conditions and no personal data (e.g., name, gender, age, and crash location) • How various systems in your vehicle were operating; are recorded. However, other parties, such as law en• Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts forcement, could combine the EDR data with the type of personally identifying data routinely acquired during a were buckled/fastened; crash investigation. • How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is accelerator and/or brake pedal; and, required, and access to the vehicle or the EDR is needed. • How fast the vehicle was traveling. In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, other parties, These data can help provide a better understanding of such as law enforcement, that have the special equipment, can read the information if they have access to the the circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur. vehicle or the EDR. 2