Good Or Bad? 10 Companies To Install Automatic Brakes As Standard Features

Ten major automakers said today they will install emergency braking systems as standard features in every car, another step toward autonomous driving.

The commitment, made at the opening of a new vehicle research center in Virginia run by the insurance industry, is part of an effort to make crash prevention technologies more widely available to all motorists.

“We are entering a new era of vehicle safety, focused on preventing crashes from ever occurring, rather than just protecting occupants when crashes happen,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. “But if technologies such as automatic emergency braking are only available as options or on the most expensive models, too few Americans will see the benefits of this new era. These 10 companies are committing to making AEB available to all new-car buyers.”

Car4life1 - 9/14/2015 2:30:06 PM

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The reality is these distracted teens and even adults have ruined it for everyone else with texting/posting/uploading while driving.

Yes, I feel automated braking will help those cases so the vehicle will atleast be monitoring the road ahead even when the driver isn't.

However, at what point will we realize many of these innovations are just enabling more incompetence behind the wheel and distractions galore. We will soon be forced to autonomous driving because most ppl will get behind the wheel and figure their attention/focus on the road is optional.

carsnyc - 9/14/2015 2:57:33 PM

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Good point Car4 and kind of what is also happening with the rear view camera. People are simply not looking back anymore when pulling out of anywhere -camera installed or not- And then you come back to your car at the parking lot of your Target store to find a good scratch

runninglogan1 - 9/15/2015 12:14:18 AM

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I think all of us have had to slam the brakes unexpectedly at one time or another. It's a no-brainer to make these features standard on all cars.