The revolution of the car is a never ending process, always changing and developing new products to make the car safer, sleeker and more accommodating. First, there was the horse and buggie and that soon developed into the Model T by Henry Ford and now were looking at the Google Smart Car.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also know as the NHTSA proposed that all cars will need back up cameras to become more safe and help prevent accidents. This ruling will be final on this toward the end of May. This cameras are going to help in saving many lives over all of the years that they will be in effect.

According to usatoday.com, “the car companies will start phasing these cameras in more than they already are in 2016 and it will be at 100 percent in all cars by May 1, 2018.”

One of the big reasons that there is a push for these back up cameras are from an outcry of families that have been struck by back-over accidents, especially of those concerning children. The families feel that this will help prevent or totally eliminate back-over accidents from happening.

‘”We are committed to protecting the most vulnerable victims of back-over accidents — our children and seniors,”’ Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a statement.

Every year there are over 200 back-up deaths. Unfortunately most on children at the hands of their parents. The cameras legislation has been being looked at as a possibility since 2008, has been running into some obstacles but now it has been passed and approved. This will protect and save between 59 and 69 deaths per year.

According to money.cnn.com, “safety is our highest priority, and we are committed to protecting the most vulnerable victims of back-over accidents — our children and seniors,” said Anthony Foxx, the transportation secretary. “As a father, I can only imagine how heart-wrenching these types of accidents can be for families, but we hope that today’s rule will serve as a significant step toward reducing these tragic accidents.”

Some groups even protested and sued the government to put this type of legislation of back-up cameras into effect earlier. They sued all the way up to the federal court system and asked a federal judge to put this into effect, that did not happen and one of the groups spoke out that this decision is long over due.

“While the administration delayed the rule, more children died in back over accidents,” Robert Weissman of Public Citizen said, “The cost of regulatory delay, in human lives, could hardly be more clear than it is today.”

Saving lives is one of the best possible ways that we could be using this technology. There is also talk of taking out side view mirrors and replacing those with a camera as well as to make the cars more fuel efficient and safe. This is a big step in the right direction for using technology that we have in today’s age and putting it to good use.