carwrecks

Site menu

HomeWhat's NewDrunk DriversCell phones and texting18-WheelersDrowsy DriversSide ImpactsVehicle DesignVehicle MismatchLibraryLinksQuestions and AnswersContact me

NHTSA postponed rear visibility rule

2/29/2012

0 Comments

 
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.”

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Scott Brazil is an attorney in Houston, Texas, who is board certified in Personal Injury and Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

    Archives

    March 2014
    February 2014
    July 2013
    June 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    December 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    April 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011

    Categories

    All
    Adhd
    Airbag
    Backup Cameras
    Chad Dunn
    Distractions
    Drunk Driving
    Edr Black Boxes
    Ford
    Hit And Run
    Jeep
    Nhtsa
    Pedestrians
    Research
    Road Rage
    Statistics
    Subrogation
    Teens
    Texting
    Vehicle Fires

    RSS Feed