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New testing shows progress in advancements in automatic emergency braking systems, with 22 of the latest 30 vehicles evaluated earning a good or acceptable rating, which requires systems to be able to prevent or substantially mitigate crashes at higher speeds, …

The 5-Star Safety Rating Program that Americans use when shopping for new passenger vehicles “fails consumers” by not including collision-avoidance and other technology in the ratings and is approaching “near irrelevance,” National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said. In …