A new report from AAA says newer systems prevent twice the number of collisions—and save lives. Regulators have ordered an expansion of the tech, but the auto industry says the upgrade won’t be easy.

Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) systems are designed to detect imminent collisions and apply the brakes, but they are not infallible and often act only as a last resort to reduce impact speed rather ...

Rear AEB, also known as Reverse AEB and Reverse Automatic Braking, was shown to be more successful than other systems targeted to avoid backing collisions in a recent study by the Insurance Institute ...