Backover Accidents and Injuries

A fatal accident in Acton, Massachusetts on March 1st, 2017 is drawing attention to the importance of parking lot safety. A 62-year-old employee of Trader Joe’s was struck and killed in the parking lot of the store by an 18-year-old driver. The 18-year-old was backing out of a parking space…

In 2008, Congress ordered the Department of Transportation to mandate backup cameras in all new vehicles and light trucks in an effort to decrease the number of injuries and deaths caused by backover accidents. Six years later, the DOT finally put the law into place, and although it will not…

By the year 2018, automakers will be required to install backup cameras in most new vehicles. This news comes from a many-years-long campaign to reduce backover accidents, accidents that injure and kill as many as 210 children and seniors each year. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finalized this ruling…