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Ho wf as tt he ve hicle wa st ra ve ling.
This dat ac an help pr ov ide ab et te ru nder st and‐
ing of th ec ircums ta nces in whic ha ccidents and
inju ri es occur .N OT E: ED Rd at aisr ecorded by
yo ur ve hicle onl yifan on-trivial crash situation
occurs; no dat aisr ecorded by th eE DR under
normal driving conditions and no personal data
(e.g. name, ge nde r, ag ea nd acciden tl ocation) is
re corded .H ow ev er ,o th er parties, suc hasl aw
enforcement ,c ould combine EDR dat aw it ht he
type of personall yi dentifying dat ar outinely
acquired during ac rash in ve st igation.
Ac cess to th ev ehicle and/or th eE DR is needed
to re ad dat at hat is re corded by th eE DR ,a nd
special equipment is re qu ired. In addition to th e
ve hicle manufacturer ,o th er parties th at ha ve th e
special equipment, suc hasl aw enforcement,
can re ad th ei nformation by accessing th ev ehi‐
cle or th eE DR .
ED Rd at am ay be used in civil and criminal mat‐
te rs as at ool in accident re construction, acci‐
dent claims and ve hicle saf et y. Since th eC ra sh
Dat aR et ri eva l( CDR) to ol th at is used to ex tract
da ta from th eE DR is commercially av ailable, Mercedes-Ben zU SA ,L LC ("MBUSA") ex pressly
disclaims an ya nd all liability arising from th e
ex traction of th is informatio nbyu nauthorized
Mercedes-Ben zp ersonne l.
MBUS Aw ill no ts har eE DR data wit ho th er sw ith‐
out th ec onsent of th ev ehicle ow ner o r ,i ft he
ve hicle is leased, without th ec onsent of th el es‐
see. Exception stot his re presentation include
re sponses to subpoenas by la we nforcement ;b y
fe deral, st at eorl ocal go ve rn ment ;inc onnection
wit hora ri sing out of litigation in vo lvin gM BU SA
or its subsidiaries and af fi liates; or ,asr equired
by la w.
Wa rn ing: th eE DR is ac omponen toft he
Re st ra int Sy st em Module. Ta mp ering with, alter‐
ing, modifying or re moving th eE DR component
ma yr esult in am alfunction of th eR estraint Sys‐
te mM odule and ot her sy st ems.
St at el aws or re gulations re ga rd ing EDRs th at
con fl ict wit hf ederal re gulation ar ep re -em pt ed.
This means th at in th ee ve nt of su ch conflict, th e
fe deral re gulation go ve rn s. As of Fe bruar y2 01 3,
13 st ates ha ve enacted la ws re latin gtoE DRs. Co py ri ght
Information on licenses fo rf re ea nd open-
source so ft wa re
Information on licenses fo rf re ea nd open-sou rc e
softwar eu sed in yo ur ve hicle and its electronic
component sisa va ilable online at:
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/opensource
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DT S™ is ar egis te re dt ra demar kofD TS ,I nc.R
Dolby ®
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BabySmart™, ESP ®
and PRE-SAFE ®
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HomeLink ®
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Johnson Controls. R
iPod ®
and iT unes ®
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