"An electronic device on board the Pontiac, however, told police exactly how fast the car had been going 124 mph in a 40 mph zone. And it enabled Trotwood to join the growing number of police departments and insurance companies across the country experimenting with data stored on computers, originally designed and installed on cars and trucks to control air bags, to determine what happened in the seconds leading up to accidents."

FYI, your air bag has a flight recorder. No big deal unless they start to use it, but just so you're aware...

DDN | Big Brother hiding inside cars airbags