STOP Frontovers Act of 2024

The STOP Frontovers Act of 2024 requires the U.S. Department of Transportation to establish new vehicle safety standards aimed at preventing low-speed collisions, including frontover incidents (where a vehicle moving forward strikes someone or something in front) and backover incidents (where a vehicle moving in reverse strikes someone behind). The standards would mandate that vehicles detect people, children, bicycles, and other objects in a defined "perception zone" near the vehicle, with systems that alert drivers and automatically intervene to avoid collisions. Vehicle manufacturers would need to implement these safety features within five years of the rule's finalization, with potential phased implementation based on vehicle type and accident data. The bill also directs the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to update its crash data system to track frontover and backover incidents.