Back in 2016, a consortium of automakers representing more than 99 percent of the U.S. auto market agreed to make automatic emergency braking a standard feature on virtually all new cars by Sept. 1, ...

Rear AEB, also known as Reverse AEB and Reverse Automatic Braking, was shown to be more successful than other systems targeted to avoid backing collisions in a recent study by the Insurance Institute ...

Automatic braking systems in newer model cars is used as a selling point at dealerships across the country. But how effective are the automated brakes in preventing collisions with pedestrians?

A half-century after a federal safety board envisioned an automatic train braking system to prevent major train collisions — and a dozen years after Congress ordered its installation — transportation ...

Every new car sold in the United States will be equipped with an automatic emergency braking (AEB) system by 2029 after all. Carmakers opposed the rule shortly after it was announced, but the National ...

Sometimes, a warning beep or seeing something through a camera just isn’t good enough. When you’re backing up a car, for instance, the common audible alerts and visual safety features just can’t ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is looking to put the brakes on pedestrian deaths. The federal safety agency is proposing new rules that would mandate automatic emergency ...

A routine drive turned into a heart-in-throat moment when a driver in the suburbs said his car suddenly hit the brakes hard—despite “nothing in front of me,” as he described it. The car’s automatic ...

Any sports car driver who has ever grimaced at the sound of their front end scraping on the pavement will likely be excited to hear this: Ferrari has filed for a new patent on an auto-braking system ...

I’ve owned six Hyundai Tucson vehicles over the years, and just traded my 2022 Hybrid Limited for a new 2026 model. This ...