2013 Dodge Grand Caravan Cargo Owner Manual - Page 91

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 89 time, typically 30 seconds or less. The EDR in this vehicle are recorded. However, other parties, such as law enis designed to record such data as: forcement, could combine the EDR data with the type of personally identifying data routinely acquired during a • How various systems in your vehicle were operating; crash investigation. • Whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment is were buckled/fastened; required, and access to the vehicle or the EDR is needed. • How far (if at all) the driver was depressing the In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, other parties, such as law enforcement, that have the special equipaccelerator and/or brake pedal; and, ment, can read the information if they have access to the • How fast the vehicle was traveling. vehicle or the EDR. These data can help provide a better understanding of Child Restraints the circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur. Everyone in your vehicle needs to be buckled up at all NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a times, including babies and children. Every state in the non-trivial crash situation occurs; no data are recorded by United States, and every Canadian province, requires the EDR under normal driving conditions and no per- that small children ride in proper restraint systems. This sonal data (e.g., name, gender, age, and crash location) is the law, and you can be prosecuted for ignoring it. 2