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  • Schumer calls for rearview camera law to be implemented by next year

    Lawmakers are pushing to end the delay to put back-up cameras in all new vehicles, a move they argue would make roads and driveways safer and prevent injuries to young children. While it was set to go into effect back in 2011, it has yet to be implemented.

  • Senator Schumer Press Release

    SCHUMER DEMANDS END OF DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF LAW REQUIRING ‘BACKUP CAMS’ IN ALL NEW CARS – ESTIMATED THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN EACH YEAR ARE NEEDLESSLY HURT OR KILLED WHEN CARS ACCIDENTLY BACK OVER THEM, BUT D.O.T. HAS DELAYED CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED RULE FOR OVER 4 YEARS

  • Schumer, LI families, push for rearview cameras on cars

    Sen. Charles Schumer and two Long Island families vowed Sunday to fight the federal Department of Transportation's delays in enforcing a 2008 law requiring all new cars to come with lifesaving rearview cameras installed.

  • Fight for rearview cameras in cars continues

    April 11, 2011, is a day Brandy Dahlen constantly relieves over and over again. That day her 2-year-old daughter Abigail was killed while playing outside with her siblings.

  • A clearer picture of how many vehicles have backup cameras

    The folks at Edmunds went back after our last blog post about misleading backup camera statistics and reanalyzed their data, offering a much more accurate picture of how widely available this technology really is.

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