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Inside the brewing fight over pedestrian safety

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Automakers are asking federal safety regulators to reconsider a rule mandating better automatic braking technology.

U.S. drivers struck and killed more than 35,000 people in the last five years, finds a Governors Highway Safety Association Pedestrian deaths fell 5% last year — a glimmer of hope — but remain 14% above 2019's pre-pandemic level, per the report.

They must also apply the brakes automatically at up to 90 mph when a collision is imminent and up to 45 mph when a pedestrian is detected.It's not that automakers are opposed to AEB technology, Alliance CEO John Bozzella told Congress.

 

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