All new U.S. cars will have to tell drivers who is buckled up by 2027

Adam Klepp joins ABC15 Arizona as a multimedia journalist after stops in Yuma and Tucson.

By 2027, all cars in the U.S. must tell you who is buckled up in each seat.The new requirements coming from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration apply to passenger cars, trucks, and buses, except school buses, and multipurpose passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of up to 10,000 pounds. Currently, seat belt warnings are only required for the driver, but many auto-makers already have backseat warnings in their cars.

”Cathy Chase, with the Advocates for Highway & Auto Safety, says you don’t want to be unbuckled in the back seat in a crash.“It’s commonly referred to as ‘back seat bullets’ — you can go flying into the front seat,' Chase said.According to the Arizona Department of Transportation's 2023 crash data, passengers who are not wearing seatbelts are 34 times more likely to die in a crash than passengers who do.

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