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R Howf astthe vehicle wastrave ling.
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ing of thec ircums tances in whic hcrash es and
inju ries occur .NOTE:ED Rd ataa re re corded by
yo ur vehicle only if anon-trivial crash situation
occurs; no dat aare re corded bytheE DR under
normal driving conditions and no personal data
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re corded .Howe ver,ot her parties suc haslaw
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th et ype of personall yidentifying dat aroutinely
acquired during acrash in vestigation.
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to read dat athat is recorded byan EDR, and spe‐
cial equipmen tisrequired. In addition tothev ehi‐
cle manufacturer ,other parties that ha vethes pe‐
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re ad thei nformation byaccessin gthe vehicle or
th eE DR.
EDRd atam aybe used in civil and criminal mat‐
te rs as atool in accident reconstruction, accident
claims and vehicle saf ety. Since theC rash Data
Re trie valC DR tool that is used toextract da ta
from theE DR is commerciall yavailable, Daimler
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an ya nd all liability arising from thee xtraction of
th is informatio nbyunauthorize dMercedes-Benz
personnel.
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out thec onsent of thev ehicle owner sor,ifthe
ve hicle is leased, without thec onsent of thel es‐
see. Exceptions tothis representation include
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te mM odule and other sy stems.
St atel aws orregulations rega rding EDRs that
con flict wit hfederal regulation ar epre-em pted.
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fe deral regulation go verns. As of December 20 16 ,
17 states ha veenacted la wsrelatin gtoE DRs. Co
pyright Information on free and open-source software
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softwar eused in your vehicle can be found on the
dat astorage medium in your vehicle document
wa lleta nd wit hupdates on thef ollowing website:
https://www.mercedes-benz.com/opensource. Information on
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