Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse has launched The Magnus White Bicycle owner Security Act of 2024 (H.R. 10347), named after the slain teen Staff USA rider.
The laws is designed to guard all susceptible highway customers –together with folks on bikes, pedestrians, motorcyclists and micro-mobility system customers– via the widespread adoption and integration of superior computerized emergency braking (AEB) expertise in new automobiles.
If handed, this laws would require all new automobiles weighing beneath 10,000 kilos to put in an AEB system able to detecting and responding to susceptible highway customers in varied circumstances.
Already a requirement within the European Union, AEB methods work by utilizing sensors, cameras and radar to detect potential obstacles within the car’s path, together with different highway customers. When the system identifies an imminent collision and the motive force fails to react in time, it routinely applies the brakes to both forestall the accident or cut back its severity.
The proposed laws duties the Division of Transportation with creating complete guidelines for AEB implementation inside the subsequent three years. Automotive producers would then have two mannequin years to conform.
The invoice was named in honour of Magnus White, a 17-year-old Staff USA rider who was struck and killed by a negligent driver whereas getting ready for the Glasgow UCI World Championships, exterior of Boulder, Colorado, on July 29, 2023.
“I’m deeply impressed by [Magnus White’s parents’] continued braveness and advocacy, turning their ache into goal and honouring Magnus’s reminiscence by serving to to make our roads safer for everybody,” said Congressman Neguse.
“The Magnus White Bicycle owner Security Act implements common sense options that forestall tragedies and finally save lives.”
White’s dad and mom confirmed their assist of the invoice by stating, “We will not deliver Magnus again. That ache won’t ever go away. This invoice is not nearly expertise—it is about saving lives when drivers fail. It is about ensuring nobody else has to bury a beloved one as a result of the system did not do sufficient.”
As soon as a invoice is launched in Congress, it’s referred to a committee for overview. The committee might maintain hearings and make modifications earlier than voting will happen within the Home. If handed, the invoice is distributed to the Senate flooring for the same debate and voting. As soon as each the Home and Senate agree on the identical model of the invoice, it’s despatched to the President to be signed into legislation or vetoed.
