--- description: A government regulation says all new vehicles under 10,000 pounds must have rear-view cameras, which could save as many as 69 lives a year title: Rear-View Cameras To Be Standard in All New Cars By 2018 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9736758968945d98/69868827cd804d6296cca083/rear-view-camera-car.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [cars](/tag/cars/) ## cars Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # All New Cars Must Have Rear-View Cameras By 2018  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 31, 2014 4:47 PM CUT  The rear-view camera on the trunklid of the 2012 BMW 650i Coupe. The rear-view camera on the trunklid of the 2012 BMW 650i Coupe.Mark Elias—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 31, 2014 4:47 PM CUT The Department of Transportation [announced](http://www.nhtsa.gov/About+NHTSA/Press+Releases/2014/NHTSA+Announces+Final+Rule+Requiring+Rear+Visibility+Technology "undefined") new regulations Monday requiring all new vehicles to include rear-view cameras. Under the new regulation, rear-view cameras must be built into all new vehicles under 10,000 pounds, including everything from super-small compact cars to large vans, but excluding some heavy-duty trucks. According to a press release from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration—the division of D.O.T. responsible for administering the rule—rear-view cameras will help reduce the annual average of 200 deaths and 15,000 injuries in accidents involving a vehicle backing up. Small children and the elderly are particularly vulnerable, the NHTSA said, and the new rules are expected to save between 58 and 69 lives a year. The new requirement for rear-view cameras had initially been scheduled for implementation by [2014](http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2014/03/31/nhtsa-rear-view-cameras/7114531/ "undefined"). Under the regulation announced Monday, the rule will begin enforcement in 2018, on model year 2019 vehicles. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/43962/all-new-cars-must-have-rear-view-cameras-by-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/43962/all-new-cars-must-have-rear-view-cameras-by-2018/"},"headline":"All New Cars Must Have Rear-View Cameras By 2018","datePublished":"2014-03-31T16:47:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:03:15.047Z","description":"A government regulation says all new vehicles under 10,000 pounds must have rear-view cameras, which could save as many as 69 lives a year","url":"https://time.com/43962/all-new-cars-must-have-rear-view-cameras-by-2018/","keywords":["cars","Automotive","NHTSA"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9736758968945d98/69868827cd804d6296cca083/rear-view-camera-car.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9736758968945d98/69868827cd804d6296cca083/rear-view-camera-car.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The rear-view camera in a car","caption":"The rear-view camera on the trunklid of the 2012 BMW 650i Coupe.","creditText":"Mark Elias—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/cars/","name":"cars"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/43962/all-new-cars-must-have-rear-view-cameras-by-2018/","name":"All New Cars Must Have Rear-View Cameras By 2018"}}]}] ```