A report released by the National Transportation Safety Board calls for more widespread use of collision mitigation systems with active braking among commercial and passenger vehicles.<\/p>\n
The special report, titled The Use of Forward Collision Avoidance Systems to Prevent and Mitigate Rear-End Crashes<\/em>, concluded that collision mitigation systems can prevent or lessen the severity of many rear-end crashes.<\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t pay extra for your seatbelt,\u201d said NTSB chairman Christopher A. Hart. \u201cAnd you shouldn\u2019t have to pay extra for technology that can help prevent a collision altogether.\u201d<\/p>\n The NTSB wants NHTSA to do more testing on the systems and for vehicle manufacturers to make them standard, reports Heavy Duty Trucking.<\/p>\n Those are among 12 recommendations made in support of forward collision avoidance technologies made over 20 years. New and repeated recommendations were outlined in today\u2019s report, according to HDT:<\/p>\n It found a lack of incentives and limited public awareness has stunted the widespread adoption of collision avoidance technology. The NTSB wants to see collision mitigation systems made standard on new trucks and passenger vehicles.<\/p>\n \u201cThe promise of a next generation of safety improvements has been used too often to justify inaction,\u201d Hart said. \u201cBecause there will always be better technologies over the horizon, we must be careful to avoid letting perfection become the enemy of the good.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch Hart\u2019s address here<\/a> and read the full report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A report released by the National Transportation Safety Board calls for more widespread use of collision mitigation systems with active braking among commercial and passenger vehicles. 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