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 ...

Automatic emergency braking (AEB) is a popular technology among Consumer Reports members, and it’s easy to see why: the saving of bacon. “I try to not follow the next car closely. But [AEB] has saved ...

Modern cars beep, ding at you, and flash warnings across their various screens in ways that would send someone from the early 2000s into a coma. Sure that can get annoying, but these warnings and the ...

The world is full of feel-bad news. Here’s something to feel good about: Automatic emergency braking is one of the great car safety-tech success stories. Auto-braking systems, called AEB for short, ...

Automatic emergency braking (AEB) prevents or reduces the impact of low-speed rear-end collisions. But new crash tests from AAA serve as a warning to drivers that the safety technology can’t prevent ...

The U.S. government’s auto safety agency plans to require that all new passenger cars and light trucks include potentially lifesaving automatic emergency braking and meet stricter safety standards ...

Automatic braking systems are designed to cut down on the number of crashes, deaths, and injuries, but new data shows the systems in the test rarely worked. In AAA crash testing, the rear automatic ...

WASHINGTON — Automatic emergency braking systems can reduce rear-end crashes in pickups, but few are equipped with the safety feature as standard technology, according to a study released Tuesday by ...

Hyundai has recalled two vehicles for problems with their automatic braking and collision avoidance systems. Each features software designed to help drivers mitigate or avoid collisions by ...

On Wednesday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would see automatic emergency braking become a standard feature on all new light passenger ...

Seven out of eight crossovers with rear automatic braking performed well in a new rear crash prevention test from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The test results were released July 18, ...

Even though the increasing size of pickup trucks makes them more likely to cause injuries to occupants of smaller vehicles, a new analysis shows that trucks are less likely to offer automatic ...