NHTSA to mandate lane departure warning and auto-brake systems?

[KrazyRider83]

Is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about to add some more safety measures to your next new car? According to The Detroit News, they might be. The Motown daily says that government officials are pondering whether or not they should require new vehicles to be fitted with lane-departure warning systems and automatic braking systems that trigger upon warning of an impending accident. Both systems are currently available only in very small percentage of new passenger cars – primarily luxury vehicles. According to the DetNews report, safety experts believe that the systems "show significant promise" in their ability to reduce traffic accident-related fatalities and injuries.

NHTSA will decide whether to require such systems in 2011 after further cost-benefit analysis, including looking at insurance company data and estimated manufacturing costs. It has already added new components to its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) for 2011 vehicles, including a test that measures the effectiveness of lane-departure warning systems and a different frontal-crash program.

NHTSA hopes to announce its findings by the end of the year.

at it again...

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/03/r...-auto-brake-s/

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

Driving will be no fun after 2012. The only driver's car that will be available will be in kit car form.

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

BTW it would help if you posted the links to this and your other NHTSA thread so that we could post the info on other forums.

[KrazyRider83]

fixed

[P057]

Driving will be no fun after 2012. The only driver's car that will be available will be in kit car form.

It just makes me think of that movie Minority Report. Driving will become the boring thing of the past.

[John]

damn, put a dem in office and look how big brother starts "looking out for our safety" more and more...

[abracadaver]

More reasons to not buy a brand new car if this comes to be.

[Orion ZyGarian]

Driving will be no fun after 2012. The only driver's car that will be available will be in kit car form.

And how is that so different from now . Cars like the Atom, Viper, and Lotus' are only able to be as awesome as they are because of the insanely low production numbers.

Anyways, my next car will be either a -95 Supra (pre OBDII AFAIK) or a kit car like a GTM or Daytona coupe with a custom body. Even if I had the money for a fancy brand new car, theres an extremely sparse few I'd actually buy. Everything that is standard on today's cars, even some of the barest lowest end models, is all stuff I dont need. Especially drum brakes

I just wouldnt be able to stand owning anything that wasnt mostly a driver's car.

[chi town brat]

damn, put a dem in office and look how big brother starts "looking out for our safety" more and more...

yea but a lot of the safety features come from the luxury cars ... the trickle down effect

well when a lot of drivers act like zombies or that their cell phone, laptop, blackberry and other e devices are more important when on the road what can we expect?