Automatic emergency brakes activate when the car detects that a collision will occur. The vehicle makers involved in the agreement comprise 57 percent of all cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. in 2014. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, this technology could prevent or mitigate about 80 percent of auto and commercial truck rear-end collisions that cause about 1,700 deaths and 500,000 injuries annually.
Who's putting automatic brakes in their cars?
Answer: 10 major automakers
Ten major automakers — Audi, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Mazda, Mercedes Benz, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo — have each committed to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that they would include automatic emergency brakes in their vehicles, Phys.org reported.
Automatic emergency brakes activate when the car detects that a collision will occur. The vehicle makers involved in the agreement comprise 57 percent of all cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. in 2014. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, this technology could prevent or mitigate about 80 percent of auto and commercial truck rear-end collisions that cause about 1,700 deaths and 500,000 injuries annually.
Automatic emergency brakes activate when the car detects that a collision will occur. The vehicle makers involved in the agreement comprise 57 percent of all cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. in 2014. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, this technology could prevent or mitigate about 80 percent of auto and commercial truck rear-end collisions that cause about 1,700 deaths and 500,000 injuries annually.
