Notice d'utilisation Mercedes-Benz Classe G: Event data recorders

This vehicle is equipped with an event data recorder (edr). The main purpose of an edr is to record, in certain crash or near crash-like situations, such as an air bag deployment or hitting a road obstacle, data that will assist in understanding how a vehicle's systems performed.

The edr is designed to record data related to vehicle dynamics and safety systems for a short period of time, typically 30 seconds or less.

The edr in this vehicle is designed to record such data as:

• how various systems in your vehicle were operating;
• whether or not the driver and passenger safety belts were buckled/fastened;
• how far (if at all) the driver was depressing the accelerator and/or brake pedal; and,
• how fast the vehicle was traveling.

These data can help provide a better understanding of the circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur. Note: edr data are recorded by your vehicle only if a non-trivial crash situation occurs; not data are recorded by the edr under normal driving conditions and no personal data (e.G., Name, gender, age, and crash location) are recorded. However, other parties, such as law enforcement could combine the edr data with the type of personally identifying data routinely acquired during a crash investigation.

Access to the vehicle and/or the edr is needed to read data that is recorded by an edr, and special equipment is required. In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, other parties that have the special equipment, such as law enforcement, can read the information by accessing the vehicle or the edr.

Edr data may be used in civil and criminal matters as a tool in accident reconstruction, accident claims, and vehicle safety. Since the crash data retrieval cdr tool that is used to extract data from the edr is commercially available, mercedes-benz usa, llc ("mbusa") expressly disclaims any and all liability arising from the extraction of this information by unauthorized mercedes-benz personnel.

Mbusa will not share edr data with others without the consent of the vehicle owners or, if the vehicle is leased, without the consent of the lessee. Exceptions to this representation include responses to subpoenas by law enforcement; by federal, state or local government; in connection with or arising out of litigation involving mbusa or its subsidiaries and affiliates; or, as required by law.

Warning: the edr is a component of the supplemental restraint system ("srs") module.

Tampering with, altering, modifying or removing the edr component may result in a malfunction of the srs module and other systems.

State laws or regulations regarding edrs that conflict with federal regulation are pre-empted.

This means that in the event of such conflict, the federal regulation governs. As of february 2013, 13 states have enacted laws relating to edrs.