REPORT: NHTSA to mandate lane departure warning and auto-brake systems?
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/" rel="tag">Government/Legal</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/tech/" rel="tag">Tech</a></p><a href="http://www.detnews.com/article/20090702/AUTO01/907020346/1148/auto01/NHTSA+may+impose+more+saf ety+features"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/volvo-lane-departure-warning-graphic-580.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about to add some more safety measures to your next new car? According to <em>The Detroit News</em>, they might be. The Motown daily says that government officials are pondering whether or not they should require new vehicles to be fitted with lane-departure warning systems and automatic braking systems that trigger upon warning of an impending accident. Both systems are currently available only in very small percentage of new passenger cars - primarily luxury vehicles. According to the DetNews report, safety experts believe that the systems "show significant promise" in their ability to reduce traffic accident-related fatalities and injuries. <br /><br />NHTSA will decide whether to require such systems in 2011 after further cost-benefit analysis, including looking at insurance company data and estimated manufacturing costs. It has already added new components to its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) for 2011 vehicles, including a test that measures the effectiveness of lane-departure warning systems and a different frontal-crash program.<br /><br />NHTSA hopes to announce its findings by the end of the year.<br /><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.detnews.com/article/20090702/AUTO01/907020346/1148/auto01/NHTSA+may+impose+more+saf ety+features">The Detroit News</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/03/report-nhtsa-to-mandate-lane-departure-warning-and-auto-brake-s/">REPORT: NHTSA to mandate lane departure warning and auto-brake systems?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:44:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/03/report-nhtsa-to-mandate-lane-departure-warning-and-auto-brake-s/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19086296/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/03/report-nhtsa-to-mandate-lane-departure-warning-and-auto-brake-s/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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