US to mandate automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in 5 years

(29 Apr 2024)
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Northville, Michigan - 28 April 2024
1. A person crosses a vehicle-filled roadway on a Onewheel
2. A traffic light goes from green to red
3. A vehicle stops at an intersection
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Washington - 29 April 2024
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation:
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“What these requirements do is save lives. We're living through a crisis in roadway deaths. Car crashes kill about as many people as gun violence in this country. And so, we need to do something about it. We've seen some improvements in the numbers, but not nearly enough. And so, we need to make sure that we have the right technologies in America's cars that can help save lives. This rule requires the installation of automatic emergency brakes that can prevent a collision with another vehicle, or with a pedestrian, at high speeds. By the end of this decade, every car sold in America will have this new safety feature. We want to make sure this isn't just a bell and whistle that you get if you pay extra for it, but really the floor, the same way every car has to have seatbelts in it. And we estimate that this rule will save 362 lives a year, prevent about 24,000 injuries, and save billions of dollars in property damage.”
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Northville, Michigan - 28 April 2024
5. A flashing “Don’t Walk” symbol
6. Two pedestrians cross the street
7. Vehicles pass by
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Plymouth Township, Michigan - 28 April 2024
8. A vehicle approaches an intersection and stops at a red light
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9. A light goes from red to green
10. Vehicles that previously had been stopped at an intersection now travel through it
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Washington - 29 April 2024
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation:
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“NHTSA believes this is the most significant rule on safety that they've put forward in 20 years. And it does represent our department recognizing today's technologies and knowing that regulating the safety of a car isn't just about the powertrain or the tires. It's increasingly about the software and the capabilities on board.”
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Plymouth, Michigan - 28 April 2024
12. Two pedestrians begin to cross a roadway
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13. A vehicle turns right on a yellow light
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14. SOUNDBITE (English) Cathy Chase, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety:
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“I think this rule is a true game changer in terms of saving lives. It will be making cars much safer. And it's technology that we know has the capability of working well. It’s just time for a minimum standard so that we know that everyone is benefiting from the technology and in the correct way.”
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Canton Township, Michigan - 28 April 2024
15. A vehicle turns right on a green light and continues on its way
STORYLINE:
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 said 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.
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