* DC - NTSB: All vehicles should have one
-- Automakers should immediately include as standard equipment in all new cars and commercial trucks systems that automatically brake or warn drivers to avoid rear-end collisions, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report released Monday... The systems could prevent or mitigate more than 80 per cent of the rear-end collisions that cause about 1,700 deaths and a half-million injuries annually, the report said. There are about 1.7 million rear-end crashes each year in the USA... Some of the collision-avoidance systems issue a warning to drivers that a collision is imminent, but do not automatically brake. The board recommended manufacturers begin by making a warning system standard, and then add automatic emergency braking after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration completes standards for them... A complete collision avoidance system works by monitoring the environment around the vehicle either with light detection, radar, cameras or a fusion of several technologies. When it detects a conflict, it begins by alerting the driver through visual or audible warning cues and preparing the brakes in anticipation of braking. If the conflict persists, the systems apply the braking or add additional braking force if the driver has already begun braking, but not hard enough... The effectiveness of the systems depends heavily on the accuracy and timeliness of detection of the conflict, which can fluctuate depending on the quality of the installed sensors, cameras and target detection algorithms used...
(AP Photo/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise, by Jimmy May - A rear-ended vehicle is seen in Bloomsburg, Pa., on Thursday, March 13, 2008) -- Washington, DC, USA - The Associated Press, by Joan Lowy - June 8, 2015Labels: rules and regulations
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