California Vehicle Code

§ 9951

VEH § 9951 Effective Jan 1, 2005Div. 3.6 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)A manufacturer of a new motor vehicle sold or leased in this state that is equipped with one or more recording devices commonly referred to as “event data recorders (EDR)” or “sensing and diagnostic modules (SDM),” shall disclose that fact in the owner’s manual for the vehicle.

(b)As used in this section, “recording device” means a device that is installed by the manufacturer of the vehicle and does one or more of the following, for the purpose of retrieving data after an accident:

(1)Records how fast and in which direction the motor vehicle is traveling.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 183, Sec. 350. Effective January 1, 2005.