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Traffic Safety Administration intends to recommend and include automatic emergency as part of the five-star vehicle safety ratings. This addition to the safety ratings will start with 2018 models. The NHTSA announced in September that it has reached Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Traffic stacks up in the southbound lanes of Interstate 5, Friday, Oct Reader comments on sltrib.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Salt Lake Tribune. We will delete comments containing obscenities, personal attacks and inappropriate or offensive remarks. Flagrant or repeat violators will be banned. If you see an The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it would update its 5-Star vehicle safety ratings to include automatic emergency braking (AEB) as a recommended safety technology. The regulator’s rating system provides consumers with Law360, Washington (November 3, 2015, 7:41 PM ET) -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday that it plans to include automatic emergency braking in its 5-Star Rating System beginning with 2018 models, in a move that comes after the No one ever plans to be in a car accident, but if one happens, we want to be safe. In fact, a 2012 survey by the Consumer Reports National Research Center found that 65 percent of car buyers said safety was the most important thing to them when deciding .

The administration's www.SaferCar.gov site states the 5-Star Rating System, initiated in 1978 as part of the New Car Assessment Program, was set up to make information about crash protection and rollover safety of new vehicles available to consumers. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released its list of the safest cars for 2014. The list includes several different categories for vehicles, including small cars, SUVs and minivans. Here are the requirements for cars to make it on IIHS NHTSA's program measures the level of safety provided by vehicles in frontal and side crashes and rollovers and requires the results be posted on window stickers for new cars. The program does not include collision-avoidance systems in its ratings but As per the proposal prepared by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the rating system will be linked to insurance premiums. Higher the ratings, lower the premium. Officials are likely to hold discussions with the Insurance Regulatory and .