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Local mom’s advocacy for rearview cameras gets national support.
Just over two years ago, a local 19-month-old boy was run over by a car as it was backing up. Since that day, his mother, Karen Pauly, has been advocating that all new cars have backup cameras.
Group Sues Transportation Dept. Over Rearview Camera Delays
On Wednesday, a group of grieving parents, consumer organizations and traffic safety advocates filed a petition with a U.S. Court of Appeals in New York that they hope will force the Department of Transportation to act within the next 90 days on legislation passed five years ago, which would mandate improved rear visibility.
Should the federal government require rear-view cameras for all new vehicles?
It’s a matter of life and death. That’s how the parents’ group, KidsAndCars.org, is framing the debate over whether the federal government should mandate rear-view cameras for all new vehicles.
Rear-view cameras law needs to be acted on
Five years after my son Cameron died in a car crash, Congress passed a law, named after my boy, to ensure that such a tragedy never happened again. But five more years have passed, and the safety fix that Congress ordered completed by 2011 has been needlessly delayed. I’m suing the Obama administration to compel it to do what Congress directed.
Safety groups pushing for implementation of 2008 rearview camera law
In February 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law a bill that essentially required that new cars sold in the United States be equipped with rearview cameras to prevent back-up accidents.
