Browsing: automatic emergency braking

A recent study suggests that high-visibility clothing worn by pedestrians and cyclists may be ‘invisible’ to modern automatic emergency braking systems in cars, potentially increasing the risk of collisions.

Discover the best 2025 car models that come equipped with automatic emergency braking, a crucial safety feature mandated by the NHTSA to be standard in all passenger cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. by September 2029. This feature uses sensors, lasers, cameras, radar, or LIDAR to detect objects in a vehicle’s path and automatically apply its brakes, potentially preventing at least 360 deaths and 24,000 injuries per year.

A recent study suggests that automatic emergency braking systems in modern cars may have difficulty detecting pedestrians and cyclists wearing high-visibility clothing, raising safety concerns.

Automatic emergency braking systems are becoming standard, but disagreements remain about how to make them even better.

Explore these five car safety systems that can significantly reduce the risk of accidents for older drivers, who are particularly vulnerable on the road.

A new report reveals that consumer misunderstanding of advanced driver assistance features, such as automatic emergency braking and blind spot warnings, could be leading to misuse or over-reliance on safety systems. The report calls for improvements from both car manufacturers and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

Researchers say automatic emergency braking and other safety features are saving lives, but there’s still debate about how to make them better.

The Biden administration is mandating pedestrian-collision avoidance systems, including automatic emergency braking, in all new cars and trucks by the end of the decade to reduce pedestrian deaths.