Automatic braking systems save lives. Now they’ll need to work at 62 MPH

What does everyone think of the cost benefit?

>As a result, it should do more good; according to the NHTSA, if manufacturers deploy auto-braking systems that work at higher speeds, it would save at least 360 lives each year and prevent 24,000 injuries

>The government estimated that installing more advanced AEB systems on its cars would cost an additional $350 per vehicle. The auto lobbying group estimates prices could range up to $4,200 per car instead, and it has filed a petition to request changes to the final federal rules.

Over 13 million light duty vehicles were sold in the US in 2022, so +$4,550,000,000 in added costs per year.

That seems fair: driving is effectively subsidized by at least a trillion dollars a year by not requiring drivers to pay the full cost for collisions, and cars have a service lifetime measured in decades so even if the industry figures aren’t exaggerated that should pay for itself:

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2024/01/18/why-car-i...

I suspect the industry figures aren’t exaggerated that highly exaggerated both because of the political angle and because it’s an unsourced claim with a big range ($200 to >$4,200) with some of the concerns stemming from the need to have faster processors and better sensors which they’d almost certainly be doing anyway since everyone wants to sell driver assistance features.