{"id":372,"date":"2012-03-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/rearview-camera-law-to-reduce-fatal-car-pedestrian-accidents\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T17:11:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:11:10","slug":"rearview-camera-law-to-reduce-fatal-car-pedestrian-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/rearview-camera-law-to-reduce-fatal-car-pedestrian-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Rearview Camera Law to Reduce Fatal Car-Pedestrian Accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/auto-accident\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Auto Accident<\/a> | March 1, 2012<\/p>\n<p>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is proposing a mandate to Congress, requiring automakers to equip all new passenger vehicles with rearview cameras by 2014. The cameras primary benefit would be to reduce the fatal car accidents involving vehicles backing over pedestrians, most often children. The mandate, first proposed in 2010, has been discussed by numerous safety groups as the best way to combat a common, and tragic, form of accident. This is one of the first measures proposed by the NHTSA designed to protect pedestrians from motor vehicles. If you have been involved in a pedestrian-related accident, contact our <a href=\"\/auto-accidents\/pedestrian-accidents\/\">Chicago pedestrian accident lawyers<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly half of all backover fatalities involve children under the age of 5. Roughly two-thirds of those accidents involve a parent or close relative driving over the child. Few accidents are as horrifying and heart-wrenching as those involving the so-called &#8220;bye-bye syndrome&#8221; where children hurry out to wave goodbye to a parent and the parent does not see them. A non-profit group organized to improve safety for children in and around cars was a major proponent of the proposed legislations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/rearview-camera-law-to-reduce-fatal-car-pedestrian-accidents\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Rearview Camera Law to Reduce Fatal Car-Pedestrian Accidents\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Auto Accident | March 1, 2012 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is proposing a mandate to Congress, requiring automakers to equip all new passenger vehicles with rearview cameras by 2014. The cameras primary benefit would be to reduce the fatal car accidents involving vehicles backing over pedestrians, most often children. 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