Mandatory features on new cars

All new cars must include a backup camera by May 2018. That's the latest from the federal government's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Department of Transportation.

All new cars will include Automatic Emergency Braking  (AEB) as a standard by September 2022.

AEB helps with reducing the severity or preventing a crash altogether. It does so by using sensors to detect an imminent crash and in the event the driver doesn't react quickly enough the AEB will stop the car automatically.