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...government allows manufacturers to choose whether or not they equip their vehicles with EDRs. Instead, they ought to be required in every passenger car, pickup truck and SUV. Without fleet-wide penetration, there are gaping holes in the data that engineers need to improve safety, both for motor vehicles and highways. For instance, it's difficult to track a defect if only a fraction of vehicles with the defective part are equipped with EDRs. NHTSA should also require that all EDRs record the data identified in its "top ten" list of EDR data elements...
Actually, such electronic snooping is already occurring in a limited way. Some transport companies equip their trucks with black boxes that can continuously record the hours and driving patterns of employees. Similar monitors are used by fleet owners for company cars. And parents can purchase devices for their teenagers' cars that capture up to 300 hours of data, downloadable onto a personal computer. Even more intrusively, the software can trigger alarms when the teenager exceeds a certain speed. But automakers would find it too expensive and unpopular to routinely install long-term recorders, insists W.R. Haight, an EDR expert...
...greatly interested in making distant connections with others via the Internet; e-mail is used sparingly, if at all. "The outside world is a TV world," says Boyle. "This community, where their relatives and friends live, that's their world." The school and elders are trying to equip children with enterprise skills, he adds, so they can eventually earn a decent living at Yiyili-through art, horticulture, and tourism. "This place can be the modern world for them," he says. "They don't have to leave here if they don't want...
...expect the funding to slow. Secretary of the Army Francis Harvey, who signed the order last March to implement the effort, says the need for it is obvious: "We need to free up resources so we can apply them to the operating side of the Army. We need to equip our soldiers better and faster." Optimistic projections claim the Army could be saving billions of dollars each year in a decade...
...issues in the Middle East. Other fellows will focus on American immigration issues, such as Gina Acosta from The Washington Post, who will study the fiscal results of U.S. immigration policy, and Claudio Sanchez, national education correspondent for National Public Radio, who will investigate why educational policies fail to equip both legal and illegal Mexican immigrant children with the skills needed for success. Two fellows from Africa will research the intersection of economics and democracy. Tangeni Amupadhi from Namibia will study how to improve economics and business reporting to better inform voters, and Alagi Yorro Jallow from Gambia will study...