The breakthrough announcement came from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last Friday, the 11th of September, 2015, that Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) technology has finally arrived.
The announcement was made at the opening of an expanded all-weather crash test and vehicle research facility at the IIHS. The agency is committed to evaluating the latest Crash Avoidance Technology.
To reechoed the voice of U.S
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, through www.fiafoundation.org who said, "We are entering a new era of vehicle safety, focused on preventing crashes from ever occurring, rather than just protecting occupants when crashes happen.
The Automatic Emergency Braking technology would detect a crash before it happens, warning the driver to brake and automatically applying brakes if the driver failed in doing so.
Automatic emergency braking was added to the list of recommended advanced safety features in NHTSA’s New Car Assessment Program. US Department of Transportation Secretary Foxx is very committed to the Program, and in May announced a series of steps DOT and NHTSA will take to accelerate advanced safety technologies, such as autonomous vehicles and vehicle-to-vehicle communication.
Automatic emergency braking can prevent as much as 20% of crashes, says the IIHS. According to NHTSA, that’s 5 million crashes per year in the US. The technology would reduce fatalities as well – If vehicles had a collision avoidance system which compensates for driver inattention, about 87% of those deaths and injuries would have been prevented or reduced.
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