<off topic> Off the technical topic, but an expert engineering witness will cost from $150 to $250 /hr, including travel time, research/investigation, and court time (including waiting). It is nothing to get hit with $2k - $5k on even small cases. HOWEVER, it costs nothing to call several up and get their rate sheets, choose a good one, and ask them for their best guess on a limited service. Most are skilled in evidence handling procedures so nobody can claim spoliation. I have seen cases (sometimes) that are really easy and only take a couple of hours of billable time. Might be worth check at least.
Make sure you don't choose one based just on low cost. Their job is NOT to help your case (that is one of the actions against an expert if it happens), but to find the facts and document in support of their discoveries. Facts go against you or facts go for you allows the atty to make a good legal strategy for you and often allows a settlement without ever going to court. I know of one that I have confidence in and can refer them if you are interested in at least chatting with them. They do not work for me, but I have worked with them in the past so I know them well. Be very careful if you are planning to do this on your own- it is easy for someone not familiar with forensics engineering to make mistakes in procedure and handling so the data is tossed or even worse. </off topic> That said, it would be a cool project to work something up that would do this just for fun. I have not looked at this, but I would wonder if it is just another device on the CANBus? On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 10:48 PM, Daniel Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > What's funny is, I read online about how this data is "very complicated > to interpret" and > > "requires specialized equipment costing $10,000 - $20,000", but I also > read about how > > the fifteen data points it stores are standardized values and is > readable through your car's > > data port. Which of those things is true, I wonder? > > > > Anybody had any experience reading a car's EDR, or know anyone who has? > > There is a startup in town that is specializing in interfacing to a > car's data bus. I've met at least one of the engineers. > > I'm sure they could tell you some facts. The business guy might see > this as a test case for another way to market it to insurance > companies, and police. I've met him too. > > > http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/techflash/2015/01/this-portland-startup-wants-to-be-the-center-of.html?page=all > https://www.facebook.com/cargolabs > > -- > teknotus (Take Notice) > _______________________________________________ > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > [email protected] > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber >
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