DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government is withdrawing a proposal to require all passenger vehicles to have safety systems to prevent unintended acceleration.
The government said Monday the rule isn’t needed because the auto industry has installed systems voluntarily.
The industry opposed the rule. It was proposed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2012 after a series of unintended acceleration problems with Toyotas.
The agency says all 2018 passenger vehicles have systems that override the throttle if a driver presses the gas and brakes at the same time.
The agency says it doesn’t expect any automakers to remove the brake-throttle override system in the future, but a safety advocate disagrees.
