DETROIT (AP) — In the not-too-distant future, automatic emergency braking will have to come standard on all new passenger vehicles in the United States, a requirement that the government says will save hundreds of lives and prevent thousands of injuries every year.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration unveiled the final version of the new regulation on Monday and called it the most significant safety rule in the past two decades. It’s designed to prevent many rear-end and pedestrian collisions and reduce the roughly 40,000 traffic deaths that happen each year.
“We’re living through a crisis in roadway deaths,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in an interview. “So we need to do something about it.”
It’s the U.S. government’s first attempt to regulate automated driving functions and is likely to help curb some of the problems that have surfaced with driver-assist and fully automated driving systems.
Messi in and Dybala out in Argentina squad for pre
Von der Leyen makes bid for 2nd EU term
Stone carvings found inside cave of China's Longmen Grottoes
Analysis: Larson enters conversation with Verstappen as best drivers in the world
New hypersonic wind tunnel 'most advanced in world'
Xi Meets Sri Lankan PM in Beijing
Red Lobster seeks bankruptcy protection after closing some restaurants
Revised rules to 'sharpen sword' in graft fight
Liverpool confirms Arne Slot as Jurgen Klopp's replacement
Xi stresses promoting equipment renewal, trade