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Delayed Cars Backup-Camera Rule Brings U.S. Court Challenge
Three advocacy groups and two parents who accidentally backed over their children are asking a court to force the U.S. Transportation Department to issue a long-delayed rule requiring rear-view cameras in new cars.
After blind-spot deaths, groups sue to require rear-view cameras in new cars
It’s the most devastating mistake imaginable: Parents killing their own children when they accidentally back their vehicles over them.
KC-area safety group joins lawsuit to force rear-view cameras
A Kansas City-area safety group is suing the U.S. Department of Transportation in hopes of requiring rear cameras mounted in every new vehicle.
Safety groups sue USDOT over rearview cameras
Demanding no more delays, safety groups and two parents are suing the United States Department of Transportation for failing to issue an auto safety rule mandated by Congress in 2008. That’s the year Congress enacted the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act, which requires the DOT to issue a rule to improve rear visibility in all new cars through backup cameras or other means.
Feds face grieving parents' suit over backover deaths
Consumer advocates and parents who accidentally backed over their children plan to sue the federal government, forcing it to issue a long-anticipated rule requiring automakers to help drivers see behind their vehicles.
