S.F. moves forward with plans to put ‘black boxes’ in public safety vehicles

San Francisco’s public safety vehicles could soon join the rest of the city-owned vehicles in having a telematics system or “black box” installed in them, which will help the city keep track of driving behavior of city employees.

Board of Supervisors President Norman Yee in 2016 had introduced legislation to add the devices into a majority of city vehicles after finding that San Francisco paid nearly $77 million due to litigation from 2010 to 2014 in cases related to city-owned vehicles.