Still in 2024: Every car must have this box on board. As of: March 15, 2024, 10:12 a.m By: Cefina Gomez CommentsPressSplit In the future, all new cars in Germany will have to be equipped with a special box.

This “black box” could significantly change accident investigation. The Event Data Recorder (EDR) records all relevant data in the event of a crash, starting five seconds before the collision and ending 0.3 seconds after.