New Rule: All Vehicles Must Have Backup Camera By May 2018

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) announced its new rule that by May 1, 2018, all new motor vehicles, including buses and trucks, weighing less than 10,000 pounds must have rear visibility technology that expands the driver’s field of view, backup cameras. The purpose of this new rule is safety enhancement, intended to significantly reduce the risk of fatalities and serious injuries caused by backover accidents. On average, there are 210 fatalities and 15,000 injuries caused by backover accidents per year. NHTSA has found that children under 5 years old account for 31% percent of backover fatalities each year, while adults 70 years of age and older account for 26%.

NHTSA’s announcement is available here , as is a link to the final rule itself.

NHTSA also offers these important safety tips to help prevent death and injuries, especially those involving small children.
At Terrell • Hogan, protecting families from unforeseen accidents and personal injury is what we do.  Auto accidents in Jacksonville occur every day and can range from minor inconveniences to collisions resulting in major injury and death. We want to help make sure that if you or your loved ones are involved in an automobile accident your rights are protected.

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Leslie A. Goller

Leslie A. Goller

Leslie has dedicated her career to championing consumers – whether they were harmed by big corporations, dangerous products, medical mistakes, accidents, or an unsafe environment – no issue is too big for her to tackle. She successfully prevented an incinerator from being built at University Hospital (now UF-Jacksonville), which would have polluted the air with toxic chemicals and obtained significant restrictions of other Jacksonville hospital incinerators resulting in cleaner air.