RAM 2011 Ram 1500 Owner's Manual

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vehicle dynamics and safety systems for a short period oftime, typically 30 seconds or less. The EDR in this vehicleis designed to record such data as:• How various systems in your vehicle were operating;• Whether or not the driver and passenger safety beltswere buckled/fastened;• How far (if at all) the driver was depressing theaccelerator and/or brake pedal; and,• How fast the vehicle was traveling.These data can help provide a better understanding ofthe circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur.NOTE: EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if anon-trivial crash situation occurs; no data are recorded bythe EDR under normal driving conditions and no per-sonal data (e.g. name, gender, age, and crash location) arerecorded. However, other parties, such as law enforce-ment, could combine the EDR data with the type ofpersonally identifying data routinely acquired during acrash investigation.To read data recorded by an EDR, special equipment isrequired, and access to the vehicle or the EDR is needed.In addition to the vehicle manufacturer, other partiessuch as law enforcement, that have the special equip-ment, can read the information if they have access to thevehicle or the EDR.Child RestraintsEveryone in your vehicle needs to be buckled up all thetime, including babies and children. Every state in theUnited States and all Canadian provinces require thatsmall children ride in proper restraint systems. This is thelaw, and you can be prosecuted for ignoring it.68 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE