Advocates’ Statement on New Rearview Camera Rule
Today, the federal vehicle safety standard issued in 2014 takes effect requiring that all newly-manufactured vehicles be equipped with a rearview back-up camera. The regulation is a monumental advancement of safety for children, pedestrians, bicyclists and other vulnerable road users. It is now part of a long list of successful safety achievements promoted by Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates) in the nearly three decades since our founding in 1989 to prevent motor vehicle crashes, deaths and injuries by making lifesaving technologies standard equipment.
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