AARP pushes feds to protect older pedestrians from truck accidents

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WASHINGTON — The country’s largest advocacy group for people over 50 wants federal regulators to do more to protect pedestrians from getting hit by trucks.

AARP — formerly the American Association of Retired Persons — is pushing the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to require pedestrian automatic emergency braking (PAEB) in heavy-duty trucks.

Like AEB, PAEB relies on forward-looking detection sensors to assist drivers by...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aarp-pushes-feds-to-protect-older-pedestrians-from-truck-accidents

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