FILE - 2024 Accord sedans are displayed at a Honda dealership April 14, 2023, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. The U.S. Department of Transportation on Monday, April 29, 2024, is expected to unveil a requirement that automatic emergency braking become standard equipment on nearly all new passenger vehicles. The 2024 Accord has automatic emergency braking.
“Part of how I think we’re going to turn the corner on the unacceptable level of roadway deaths that we just lived with for my entire lifetime is through these kinds of technologies,” said Buttigieg, who is 42. “We need to make sure we set high performance standards.” Critics say the standards should have come sooner, and that they don’t appear to require that the systems spot people on bicycles, scooters or other vulnerable people.
The systems also have to spot pedestrians during the day and night, and must stop and avoid a pedestrian at 31 mph to 40 mph depending on the pedestrian's location and movement. The vast majority of deaths, injuries and property damage happens at speeds above 25 mph , speeds that are not covered by the voluntary agreement, the agency said.
Cathy Chase, president of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, said the new standards will make it clear to car buyers that AEB will work properly. Most consumers, she said, are unaware that there are no requirements in place now.
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