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  • Rearview car camera rules delayed by U.S.

    Rearview cameras, such as this one on a BMW X5, are common in luxury vehicles - especially SUVs. A proposed federal regulation would essentially require them on all new vehicles has been postponed. 

  • REP. SCHAKOWSKY STATEMENT ON DELAY OF RULE TO EXPAND VEHICLE REAR VISIBILITY STANDARD

    Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) released the following statement today in response to the Department of Transportation’s announcement that the final rule to expand the rear visibility standard in vehicles will be delayed.

  • Life-Saving Rearview Camera Regulations Delayed Again by U.S.

    For a split second, Sue Auriemma thought the screams came from the neighborhood kids. For a split second, she continued to back up her car in her driveway, unaware that her 3-year-old daughter, Kate, was behind the right rear tire.

  • U.S. Rule Set for Cameras at Cars’ Rear

    Federal regulators plan to announce this week that automakers will be required to put rearview cameras in all passenger vehicles by 2014 to help drivers see what is behind them.

  • Small Group of Safety Advocates Change Auto Industry

    It’s not every day that we cover extraordinary success stories against the recalcitrant (to put it mildly) auto industry, and it's all thanks to a few relentless safety advocates. According to a front page article in today’s New York Times, “Federal regulators plan to announce this week that automakers will be required to put rearview cameras in all passenger vehicles by 2014 to help drivers see what is behind them.”

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