On Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board urged the U.S. government to make advanced safety technologies mandatory for all new vehicles in order to reduce road accidents.
The NTSB wants rear-end collision warning, lane departure warning, adaptive cruise control and advanced braking systems, technologies which are already available by most manufacturers, albeit mostly as an option or on luxury cars, to be standard on all vehicles sold in the U.S. market.
It also wants the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to raise its performance requirements to the level set by luxury cars as the NHTSA’s own data indicate that run-off-road, rear-end, and lane change maneuvers account for 23, 28, and 9 percent of highway accidents, respectively.
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