Patent ID: 8768564

Claim:
A system, comprising: a vehicle data recording section including: a plurality of vehicle operating characteristic sensors configured to obtain information regarding operation of a vehicle, a main system controller configured to control operation of the vehicle, and an event data recorder subservient to the main system controller and configured to record data obtained by the plurality of vehicle operating characteristic sensors; and a driver action recording section including: at least one driver action sensor configured to obtain information regarding actions of a driver of the vehicle, a driver action system controller not subservient to the main system controller and configured to control operation of the driver action recording section, and a driver action recorder configured to record data obtained by the at least one driver action sensor, wherein the at least one driver action sensor obtains information regarding actions of a driver of the vehicle concurrently with at least one of the plurality of vehicle operating characteristic sensors obtaining information of an operating characteristic triggered by the actions of the driver of the vehicle such that sensor data corresponding to an event is obtained independently by each of the vehicle data recording section and the driver action recording section.