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Nov 26, 2012

SAFETY TRUCKS * USA

* DC - Make collision avoidance technologies standard, N.T.S.B. urges

Washington,DC,USA -The New York Times, by CHERYL JENSEN -November 14, 2012: ... When the National Transportation Safety Board announced its 2013 Most Wanted List on Wednesday at a news conference in Washington, it put motor vehicle collision avoidance technologies on that list... The technologies that the N.T.S.B. mentioned consisted of forward collision warning, lane departure warning, adaptive cruise control, automatic braking and electronic stability control (on vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more). The technologies can help to improve driver reaction time in unexpected situations... The N.T.S.B. said that with a warning of an imminent collision, a driver might be able to bring a vehicle to a safe and controlled stop... By putting it on the list, the safety board said it would like to see the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration establish performance standards for motor vehicle collision avoidance technologies and make them standard equipment in passenger vehicles and commercial motor vehicles... The insurance institute released a study this year about how some crash avoidance systems were performing by analyzing insurance claims data for damage and injuries. The analysis found that the two technologies showing the biggest reduction in crashes were adaptive headlights and forward collision avoidance systems, particularly those that braked on their own if a driver didn’t react in time...

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