Buick’s 2015 lineup to get backup camera as standard feature

General Motors has announced that backup cameras will become a standard feature on all Buick models beginning with the 2015 model year.

All automakers that sell consumer vehicles in the US market will have to follow the same route eventually, though the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration mandate does not take effect until May of 2018.

The announcement is also not a significant change for Buick itself, as the company has already integrated backup cameras as a standard feature on all of its current models except for the LaCrosse.

Separate reports suggest more than three out of four new vehicles sold in the US are equipped with backup cameras, though an average of 210 annual fatalities — mostly children and the elderly — are still blamed on backover crashes.

Ahead of the backup camera requirement, automakers are shifting their focus to marketing other forms of safety gadgetry. Buick is among the brands that offers optional forward collision warnings, blind-spot alerts, lane departure warning and rear cross-traffic detection, among other features.