2011 Chrysler 300 Owner Manual - Page 71

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 69 • How various systems in your vehicle were operating; To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is required, and access to the vehicle or the EDR is needed. • Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, other parties were buckled/fastened; such as law enforcement, that have the special equip• How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the ment, can read the information if they have access to the vehicle or the EDR. accelerator and/or brake pedal; and, Child Restraints Everyone in your vehicle needs to be buckled up all the These data can help provide a better understanding of time, including babies and children. Every state in the the circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur. United States and all Canadian provinces require that NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a small children ride in proper restraint systems. This is the non-trivial crash situation occurs; no data are recorded by law, and you can be prosecuted for ignoring it. the EDR under normal driving conditions and no perChildren 12 years and younger should ride properly sonal data (e.g. name, gender, age, and crash location) are buckled up in a rear seat, if available. According to crash recorded. However, other parties, such as law enforcestatistics, children are safer when properly restrained in ment, could combine the EDR data with the type of the rear seats rather than in the front. personally identifying data routinely acquired during a crash investigation. • How fast the vehicle was traveling. 2