Automakers are required by U.S. safety officials, that all their new passenger and commercial vehicles must be installed with the collision avoidance systems technology. To avoid rear-end collisions, the technology can reduce injuries and most importantly, it will save lives.
The 63-page report of the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) has stated - a total of 1,700 people were killed due to rear-end crashes and half a million more are injured annually.
NTSB notes that if vehicles were equipped with collision avoidance systems, accidents will reduce to about 80 percent.
The technology can detect possible crash situations by using its radar, lasers or cameras.
It was three years ago when NTSB said the U.S. government mandated automakers, that as a standard, their new cars and trucks must be installed with the latest collision-prevention technology. And it turns out from the twelve recommendations of the NTSB, one of it just made through.
NTSB report said: "Currently available forward collision avoidance technologies for passenger and commercial vehicles still show clear benefits that could reduce rear-end crash fatalities. However, more must be done to speed up deployment of these technologies in all vehicle types."
NTSB spoke that out of 684 new passenger vehicles, models in 2014, only four of it installed the complete forward collision avoidance system.
The NTSB explained that the technology doesn't make the vehicles more expensive.
In a report the NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart stated: "You don't pay extra for your seat belt," "And you shouldn't have to pay extra for technology that can help prevent a collision altogether."
The NTSB's recommendation was welcomed by the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), and NHTSA said the promotion of avoidance systems technology has taken a number of steps.
NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart said: "The promise of a next generation of safety improvements has been used too often to justify inaction," the chairman added: "Because there will always be better technologies over the horizon, we must be careful to avoid letting perfection become the enemy of the good."
