Starting this fall, Ford will begin making a full suite of safety and driver assistance technology, including a front collision system with automatic emergency braking, standard on all of its new vehicles.
The bundle includes automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, as well as a blind spot warning with rear cross-traffic alert, a backup camera, a driver attention alert, and a lane-keep assist that provides a warning and a steering nudge when the vehicle begins to drift out of the lane.
Ford’s move comes as automakers move with varying speed to meet a voluntary agreement between the industry and federal safety regulators in 2016 to make the forward collision system with auto emergency braking standard on all new cars, SUVs and light trucks by 2022, and heavier vehicles by 2025. It is considered the most important of the new technologies in its potential to increase safety.
Read the article at Cars.com.
