US to require all new vehicles to have robust automatic emergency braking
All new vehicles will be required to have a “more effective” version of automatic emergency braking (AEB) under a new rule proposed today by the US Department of Transportation.
Around 90 percent of light-duty vehicles on the road today come standard with AEB. But the Department of Transportation is proposing a rule that would require automakers to adopt a more robust version of the technology that can stop vehicles traveling at higher speeds and detect vulnerable road users, like cyclists and pedestrians, even at night.
However, NHTSA is not proposing to “use a bicycle test device during testing,” raising questions around the agency’s commitment to protecting cyclists. NHTSA said it is continuing to conduct crash tests using bicycle…
By: Andrew J. Hawkins
Title: US to require all new vehicles to have robust automatic emergency braking
Sourced From: www.theverge.com/2023/5/31/23743854/usdot-automatic-emergency-braking-aeb-rule-pedestrian
Published Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 16:30:08 +0000
Andrew J. Hawkins
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