Automatic Emergency Braking Coming To All Cars | Autoblog Minute
NHTSA and automakers working to make automatic emergency braking an industrywide standard by 2022.
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NHTSA, IIHS, and 20 automakers to make auto braking standard by 2022
Automatic Emergency Braking will be standard on virtually every passenger car sold in America by September of 2022, thanks to a new NHTSA-brokered agreement.
IIHS considering autonomous braking, other tech as part of crash evaluations
Automakers are constantly working to make their vehicles safer than ever before, and while much of that effort is spent in areas the public will never see, recent years have welcomed a rash of more highly visible advancements. Those include autonomous-emergency braking (AEB) systems like Volvo City Safety and Mercedes-Benz Pre-Safe Braking, as well as lane departure warnings and adaptive headlights.
Euro NCAP will soon require auto-braking for five-star safety rating [w/video]
From the 2014 model year, any manufacturer hoping to score five stars on the Euro NCAP safety ratings will need to make sure the vehicle in question is equipped with AEB, or Autonomous Emergency Braking. Among other features provided by systems like Pre-Safe from Mercedes-Benz and Collision Mitigation Braking System from Honda, it warns a driver if their closing speed on the vehicle ahead is outside