US NCAP To Promote Automatic Emergency Braking Systems
The US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has announced that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is planning to add automatic emergency braking systems to the recommended advanced safety features included under its ‘Safer Car’ New Car Assessment Programme.
NHTSA reports that one-third of all police-reported crashes in 2013 involved a rear-end collision with another vehicle at the start of the crash. The agency has also found that a large number of drivers involved in rear-end crashes either did not apply the brakes at all or did not apply the brakes fully prior to the crash. To help overcome this significant crash risk, NHTSA is proposing to add two automatic emergency braking systems – crash imminent braking (CIB) and dynamic brake support (DBS) to its recommended features. Crash imminent braking and dynamic brake support systems can intervene by automatically applying the vehicle’s brakes or supplementing the driver’s braking effort to mitigate the severity of the crash or to avoid it altogether.
Secretary Foxx explained that “Today marks an enormous leap in the evolution of auto safety by encouraging adoption of new technologies to keep drivers and their passengers safe on our roads. I want this Department, the entire automotive industry, and other innovators to keep raising the bar on safety like we are doing now.” NHTSA Administrator Dr Mark Rosekind also commented that “Adding AEB to our list of recommended features will encourage consumers to consider AEB as a factor in their new car purchase and encourage automakers to make this important innovation more widely available.”
See: http://www.nhtsa.gov
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