1.   It tends to chew tapes up.

2.   Car manufacturers use the recorders when investigating crashes in which the air bag deployed.

3.   Next year, however, the advantage could swing back to the Sony camp, thanks to a gamble taken on how digital video recorders will be used.

4.   Now an engineer has found a way to use voice recorders to prevent crashes.

5.   Sometimes he used the recorder to help him keep minutes of meetings.

6.   It is understood that similar trip recorders are used on tank trucks of other major oil and gas companies in Malaysia.

7.   The recorders are routinely used to help investigators determine the cause of an accident.