Victor Cruz has actually touched on a few interesting points in his article “Safe Driving in the Cloud: A Black Box for Cars”.
The fact is that car companies have lately shifted their focus towards increasing security for passengers and drivers altogether and that is why they came up with the idea of introducing a black box for cars. This might be a bit strange as many people have said, but the reasons to why they came to this decision are actually very solid.
For instance, when an aircraft crashes, investigators will eventually be able to retrieve the data that was recorded during flight and analyze what actually went wrong. It’s a measure that has helped with designing safer airplanes and as a result, save people’s lives. Now, getting back to the black box itself, the box is not actually black.
It will only be black after the investigators retrieve it from the charred remains. From a statistical point of view, plane crashes are much rarer than car crashes, so why wouldn’t car manufacturers decide to introduce a black box in each and every vehicle they make? After all, it’s a legitimate reason.