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Originally Posted by *35i
If you have an event data recorder, a court can definitely order its production, w/o owner consent. I do not know if BMWs have them, but many cars do and there have been cases where the info is used to refute a claim that the person on trial was traveling only X mph, when in reality they were going way faster than X.
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I'm not privy to transcripts from U.S. case law but I seem to recall situations such as you describe as being inadmissable. Kind of like not being read your rights, no? I also recall a car manufacturer -- Cadillac? -- planning to install a data recorder but running afoul of civil liberties groups. Not 100% sure.