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Tuesday 15 Sep 2015 - 12:55 Makkah mean time-2-12-1436
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Washington, (IINA) - Ten big carmakers have pledged to implement an emergency automatic braking feature on all their upcoming automobiles, according to media reports.
The deal was announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and U.S. auto safety arm of the insurance industry.
Emergency automatic braking technology usually relies on radar, cameras or lasers to detect impending collisions and warn the driver, in case the driver doesn’t reach in time, the braking kicks in automatically.
Audi, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo were the companies that pledged to implement such changes.
According to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, such safety technology could either prevent or reduce the consequences of an estimated 80 percent of rear-end collisions that cause 1,700 deaths and half a million injuries each year in the United States.
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