Safe Driving 2024
Tech for Backing Up Your Car Safely Fails Most of the Time, AAA Says — Do This Instead
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Don’t rely solely on technology to make it safer to back up your car, the American Automobile Association warns. Tests show that technology fails to prevent crashes with children half of the time — and hardly ever avoids colliding with an oncoming car. — an announcement from AAA Northeast
“Our tests show that reverse automatic emergency braking [AEB] has clear benefits,” said Alec Slatky, managing director of public and government affairs for AAA Northeast. “But it’s no substitute for an attentive driver.”
Backing unsafely is a serious issue: From 2018-22, more than 33,000 crashes across Connecticut listed “backing” as the vehicle maneuver, according to the UConn Crash Data Repository. Over 2,400 of those crashes resulted in injury and 10 resulted in a fatality.