For 2014, vehicles must earn a Basic, Advanced or Superior rating for frontal crash prevention systems (forward collision warning and automatic braking) in its newest tests, announced last month.
Metrolink on Monday previewed a pioneering, $200-million crash prevention project for a top federal safety official, who expressed concern about railroad industry efforts to postpone deadlines for installing the sophisticated train safety system in other parts of the country.
We need effective policies aimed at crash prevention, not publicity campaigns aimed at preventing children from being killed by air bags when crashes occur.
Improvements in police data and reporting by laypersons could prove valuable for further geographic information system analysis and efforts towards crash prevention and targeting education to motorcycle taxis could help reduce RTIs in a severely affected population.
These data indicate that appropriate use of established reporting pathways by law enforcement is important to crash prevention.
"Research shows that front-crash prevention systems, particularly those that can brake automatically, are significantly reducing front-into-rear crashes," said Russ Rader of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Starting last year, the institute added a crash-prevention feature, electronic stability control, to its criteria.
Crash-prevention technology will play a huge role in lowering premiums during the driverless-revolution stage.
