[greglepore]

As much as I'd like to dissent on this as well, I know of a case where a drunk "rich" dude on his way home from a cc rearended an elderly couple in their Escort (the offender was in a late 90's Vette). They did legal battle w/ GM over getting the data downloaded but it turned out he was doing over 120 in a 45 before braking for the poor couple who were STOPPED AT A RED SIGNAL. Without the bb data, it woulda been a normal case, with, the deserving bastard went to prison for a loong time.

Look, I'm prone to moments of indescretion behind the wheel as well,but the bb data becomes important when the crap hits the fan, in theory either way. YMMV.