National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to Recommend Automatic Brakes in All Vehicles
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) stated that it plans to add automatic emergency breaking (AEB) to its 5-Star vehicle safety ratings as a way to encourage the spread of crash-avoidance technology. With this update to the NHTSA’s vehicle safety ratings, the AEB system would be recommended in all U.S. vehicles beginning with model year 2018. AEB reduces the impact of rear-end crashes (or potentially prevents them) by automatically applying the brakes. Other technologies added since 2011 include electronic stability control, forward collision warning, lane-departure warning, and rear-view camera systems.
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