Alan Blatt This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Black Boxes Can Save Lives

   www.nmri.net/research/news/com - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/29/1999   Last Visited: 6/22/2001

   Alan Blatt , a program manager with Veridian Engineering Co. , said a pilot program has been successfully running this year in western New York state. Emergency medical service dispatchers there , who previously got only a blank screen from cell phone callers , now receive from the black box data that includes the route of the vehicle before the crash and the identity and telephone numbers of the vehicle's owner. We're seeing these systems developed and working their way into the marketplace as we speak , said Blatt , citing as an example General Motors' OnStar system , now available on 31 models. I think within the next three years you're going to see a lot of systems like this one developed..
   
   The possibilities of the technology are endless --- and to civil libertarians even a bit chilling. Habitual drunken or aggressive drivers could someday face the prospect of having black boxes placed in their cars that could report them to authorities. Such a system could be programmed to monitor and report erratic driving behavior.

2. 2. Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Black Boxes Can Save Lives

   www.comcare.org/research/news/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/29/1999   Last Visited: 9/4/2005

   Alan Blatt, a program manager with Veridian Engineering Co., said a pilot program has been successfully running this year in western New York state. Emergency medical service dispatchers there, who previously got only a blank screen from cell phone callers, now receive from the black box data that includes the route of the vehicle before the crash and the identity and telephone numbers of the vehicle's owner. "We're seeing these systems developed and working their way into the marketplace as we speak," said Blatt, citing as an example General Motors' OnStar system, now available on 31 models.