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Technology...yet another way to make $$$ for lawyers
In a blogpost on CNET's Alpha, we learn about Michael Schumacher, a German Formula 1 racer, being penalized after his car's telemetry showed that he purposely prevented another racer from challenging his fastest lap time in the qualifying round.
With advanced diagnostic systems being built in to many new cars, this kind of postcrash analysis might prove to be a useful tool for auto insurance companies and a gold mine for lawyers who, like the Formula One protagonists, will no doubt interpret the same data in different ways.