Rear-view cameras on cars to become mandatory in US

Safety regulators in the US are expected to make rear-view cameras mandatory on all new cars from 2014.

In the US, on average two children die and about 50 children are injured every week when someone accidentally backs over them in a vehicle, according to KidsAndCars.org, a non-profit group that pushed the government to begin tracking such tragedies.

The rule will go into effect in 2014, and is just one of several safety measures mandated by the US over the years — seatbelts, air bags and third brake lights among them.