The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has again postponed its final rule to expand rear visibility requirements in cars. The long anticipated rule would mandate backup cameras in all new vehicles in order to reduce the number of deadly backover accidents. According to Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, regulators have made significant progress, but further research and analysis is needed, so the final standards are now anticipated by December 31, 2012.
The regulation is intended to address dangerous blind zones behind vehicles that NHTSA estimates cause 292 deaths and 18,000 injuries each year, with children and elderly the most vulnerable.
According to the New York Times, “Among the details that regulators want to resolve are how quickly a camera image must appear on the screen when the driver shifts the vehicle into reverse gear and the size of the area that must be shown.”
The regulation is intended to address dangerous blind zones behind vehicles that NHTSA estimates cause 292 deaths and 18,000 injuries each year, with children and elderly the most vulnerable.
According to the New York Times, “Among the details that regulators want to resolve are how quickly a camera image must appear on the screen when the driver shifts the vehicle into reverse gear and the size of the area that must be shown.”
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