Backing crashes deaths are on the rise in the U.S.<\/p>\n
Each year in the United States, approximately 228 people are killed in \u201cbacking crashes\u201d \u2013 crashes in which a vehicle is traveling in reverse, often striking a pedestrian. Of those, about half are children under age 10. Another 17,000 are injured in such crashes.<\/p>\n
Restricted rear visibility is a factor in the vast majority of these crashes. In many vehicles, particularly SUVs and pickups, vehicle design is increasingly resulting in large blind spots directly behind the car.<\/p>\n
In 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law a measure passed with strong bipartisan support in Congress that requires car manufacturers to improve rear visibility in order to help prevent such accidents. But after nearly five years, new standards have yet to be issued to auto makers. Ray LaHood, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), has pushed back the deadline to issue new mandates (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Backing crashes deaths are on the rise in the U.S. Each year in the United States, approximately 228 people are killed in \u201cbacking crashes\u201d \u2013 crashes in which a vehicle is traveling in reverse, often striking a pedestrian. Of those,…<\/span><\/p>\n