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Originally Posted by 666fast
So what happens if you take it out? Any repercussions if you were to get into an accident?
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Well it is cunningly tied into the airbag deployment triggering circuitry - so apart from not being able to deploy your airbags - no negative effects, as removing the little silver "blackbox" under the radio in the center console is part of race prep for these and many other cars.
The car makers and insurance guys like to tout that if you are in an accident you could always use the data to prove you tried to brake/avoid the accident etc... but the truth is, in these car, just shifting into 3rd gear puts over the speed limit and into jail territory if you hit someone - so the chances of the data clearing you is a lot less likely than the data being used to crucify you...
