A new study says that safety features such as automatic emergency braking and forward collision warnings could prevent more than 40% of crashes in which semis rear-end other vehicles.
FILE - In this Monday, March 25, 2019, file photo, cars and trucks travel on Interstate 5 near Olympia, Wash.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a research group supported by auto insurers, also found that when the rear crashes happened, the systems cut the speeds by over 50%, reducing damage and injuries. To reach his conclusions, Teoh examined crash data per vehicle mile traveled at 62 trucking companies that use tractor-trailers or other trucks weighing at least 33,000 pounds . The study found about 2,000 crashes that happened over more than 2 billion miles traveled from 2017 through 2019.
“This is important information for trucking companies and drivers who are weighing the costs and benefits of these options on their next vehicles,” Teoh said. In October of 2015, NHTSA began the regulatory process to evaluate forward collision warning and automatic braking for heavy trucks.
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