Random pictures thread

YY1 said
It's the progressive "snapshot" OBD II plug.

You have to request it.

AFAIK, cars don't "self report" to any insurance company. How would they know which one?

That "black box" info is available to law enforcement and presumably insurance, if subpoenaed, if extracted from a crash scene.

I'm actually surprised there are not any "black box scramblers" available.

You'd think, but...nope!

I think I still have the paper (actual newspaper!) at home, and if I can't find an online link I'll see what I can do about scanning or photographing it. Of course I'll have to be careful about copyrights and all that...

Maybe the story was a reprint (dateline?) from the AP or some readily available source.

Either way, I'm on it.