Automatic emergency braking will have to come standard on all U.S. new passenger vehicles in five years. It's a requirement that the government says will save hundreds of lives and prevent thousands of injuries every year.
FILE - 2024 Accord sedans are displayed at a Honda dealership April 14, 2023, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. The U.S. Department of Transportation on Monday, April 29, 2024, is expected to unveil a requirement that automatic emergency braking become standard equipment on nearly all new passenger vehicles. The 2024 Accord has automatic emergency braking.
It’s the U.S. government’s first attempt to regulate automated driving functions and is likely to help curb some of theAlthough about 90% of new vehicles have the automatic braking standard now under a voluntary agreement with automakers, at present there are no performance requirements, so some systems are may not be that effective. The new regulations set standards for vehicles to automatically stop and avoid hitting other vehicles or pedestrians, even at night.
Critics say the standards should have come sooner, and that they don’t appear to require that the systems spot people on bicycles, scooters or other vulnerable people. The systems also have to spot pedestrians during the day and night, and must stop and avoid a pedestrian at 31 mph to 40 mph depending on the pedestrian’s location and movement.
The vast majority of deaths, injuries and property damage happens at speeds above 25 mph , speeds that are not covered by the voluntary agreement, the agency said.
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