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Collision Repair
Reconsideration Refusals: NHTSA refuses to reconsider final ruling on mandatory AEB systems despite industry pushback
Toronto, Ontario — Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that the final rule on making automated emergency braking (AEB) technology standard on new vehicles will continue despite industry pushback. This decision was originally made in 2016, with the NHTSA officially issuing a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard in April 2024. […]
November 29, 2024
Technology
Departure Diagnostics: Fewer drivers are opting out of lane departure prevention, says IIHS report
Toronto, Ontario — A new study from the Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) reveals that almost nine out of 10 drivers of vehicles equipped with lane departure warning and prevention systems now keep them switched on. The study, which surveyed drivers with the technology, further notes that seven out of 10 drivers of vehicles that […]
November 15, 2024
ADAS
Emergency Expectations: AEB systems improving, but older tech struggles to keep up, says recent AAA report
Toronto, Ontario — A recent report on the Progression of Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) Technology from the American Automobile Association (AAA) reveals that newer vehicle models tested are now able to avoid collisions 100 percent of the time at speeds up to 60 kilometres per hour. The report specifically aims to assess the performance of […]
October 28, 2024
Collision Repair
Automatic Assurances: NHTSA to make AEB standard by 2029
Toronto, Ontario — The United States Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) has finalized a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) to make automatic emergency braking (AEB) standard on all passenger vehicles and light trucks by September, 2029. The NHTSA’s new FMVSS will also regulate pedestrian AEB in vehicles, aiding […]
April 30, 2024
ADAS
Breaking Down Brakes: AAA finds reverse AEB not ‘foolproof’; stresses importance of correct ADAS repairs
Toronto, Ontario — The American Automobile Association (AAA) has found through testing that reverse automatic emergency braking (AEB) isn’t foolproof. AAA engineers specifically wanted to test to see how reverse AEB with cross-traffic intervention performs when drivers backed out of a parking space and into the path of an oncoming vehicle with an adjacent parked […]
February 16, 2024
Collision Repair
AEB for All: NHTSA files proposal mandating AEB on all passenger cars, light trucks
Washington, D.C. — The U.S.’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) put forth a proposal to its federal government on Wednesday that calls for automatic emergency braking and pedestrian AEB systems to be made mandatory on all passenger cars and light trucks. The administration estimates that a ruling in its favour would save at least […]
June 1, 2023
Collision Repair
Calibration Confusion: Improper calibrations leading to post-repair issues, return visits, IIHS report says
Toronto, Ontario — Repeat customers are typically a marker of success
February 15, 2023
ADAS
Join the Club: Nissan, Mitsubishi and Stellantis make good on 2016 AEB commitment, IIHS says
Toronto, Ontario — Three more automakers have joined the upper crust of the industry when it comes to safety, as the IIHS announced that Nissan, Mitsubishi and Stellantis have all made good on a 2016 commitment to equip at least 95 percent of their model lineup with automatic emergency braking (AEB) technology. Of the three […]
December 9, 2022
ADAS
Six Keys to Safety: Six key ADAS features capable of reducing 24 percent of crashes, research says
Toronto, Ontario — A research team based out of Ireland’s University of Limerick has narrowed the six essential pieces of ADAS technology that hold the potential to reduce auto collisions by nearly 24 percent. The study, carried out by an Irish team addressing U.K. roadways, found that a vehicle equipped with adaptive cruise control, automatic […]
November 30, 2022
Collision Repair
Safety at All Angles: AEB tech incapable of preventing t-bone, left-turn crashes, AAA testing shows
Toronto, Ontario — Vehicle safety advocates from the American Automobile Association (AAA) in the U.S. are calling on automakers to improve the performance of automatic emergency braking (AEB), concerned that the technology fails to account for the most dangerous crash scenarios drivers find themselves in. “Automatic Emergency Braking does well at tackling the limited task […]
October 3, 2022
Collision Repair
Softening the Blow: Safer large vehicles could help close gap on gender-specific crash severity
Toronto, Ontario — A number of studies have come out over the past several years that bring to light the fact that women, specifically the “average” female body, has not been properly accounted for in the modern crash testing process—and the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety’s v-p of vehicle research is looking to change that. […]
September 16, 2022
Collision Repair
Safety, After Dark: More than half of vehicles in night AEB test underperform, IIHS says
Toronto, Ontario — It almost goes without saying that when night falls, the quality of people’s driving tends to decline, but the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is warning automakers that the case shouldn’t be the same for automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems after dark. The organization recently completed its first-ever round of nighttime AEB […]
August 31, 2022
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