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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Krisher

EXPLAINED: Studies find automatic braking can cut crashes over 40 | Rare Historical Photos

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Two new U.S. studies show that automatic emergency braking can cut the number of rear-end automobile crashes in half, and reduce pickup truck crashes by more than 40%.

The studies released Tuesday, one by a government-auto industry partnership and the other by the insurance industry, each used crash data to make the calculations. Automatic emergency braking can stop vehicles if a crash is imminent, or slow them to reduce the severity.

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