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  • Backup Camera Recommendation Causes Uproar Among Consumer Groups

    For five years, safety advocates have been asking the federal government to make backup cameras mandatory on new vehicles. These safety groups were expecting a decision two and a half years ago, but that ruling has been delayed several times. Instead of mandating the cameras, the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration added backup cameras to its recommended features list Tuesday.

  • Rearview Cameras Still Delayed, Consumer Groups Sue DOT

    The Department of Transportation (DOT) is the target of a lawsuit filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in New York, by safety advocates and two parents who unintentionally backed over their children.

  • DOT, advocates feud over rearview cameras

    The federal government said it will recommend that new cars have rear-view video systems, a move immediately denounced as "insufficient" by safety groups who say the cameras should be mandatory.

  • Administration sued over backup camera delay

    As a toddler, Patrick Ivison was holding his mother's hand as they strolled through a San Diego parking lot. They were only a step or two from being clear of a Ford Escort — but it suddenly backed up.

  • Administration sued over delay in backup camera rule

    As a toddler, Patrick Ivison was holding his mother's hand as they strolled through a San Diego parking lot. They were only a step or two from being clear of a Ford Escort — but it suddenly backed up.

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