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June 9, 2016

Few insurers cut rates for auto safety devices

  • Features like auto braking can cost $2,000, and even though data show it can prevent crashes, the discount from your insurer is likely to be zero.
    • By TOM KRISHER
    AP Auto Writer

    DETROIT — After hearing good things about the latest in crash-prevention technologies, you decided to add automatic emergency braking to your new car.

    The feature costs north of $2,000 on most vehicles. Yet even though data show it can prevent crashes, the discount from your insurer is likely to be zero.


     
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