WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation today finalized a set of federal standards for rear visibility that will require all new vehicles under 10,000 pounds to have backup cameras by mid-2018.
Congress called for the rules in 2008 after a spate of accidents in which parents driving cars or trucks backed over their young children, killing them.
The DOT proposed regulations in 2010 to carry out these orders, but the Obama administration delayed the rules several times over cost concerns.
Today’s final rule was released one day before the administration was scheduled to defend itself in federal circuit court against safety advocates who had sued the government over the delays.
