June 24 (Reuters) - A group representing major

automakers asked the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration to reconsider its new rule requiring nearly all

new cars and trucks by 2029 to have advanced automatic emergency

braking systems.

The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, representing General

Motors ( GM ), Toyota Motor ( TM ), Volkswagen and

nearly all other automakers said the requirement adopted in

April that all cars and trucks would be able to stop and avoid

striking vehicles in front of them at up to 62 miles per hour is

"practically impossible with available technology."

The group said NHTSA's stringent requirements at higher

driving speeds will result in vehicles "automatically applying

the brakes far in advance of what a typical driver and others on

the road would expect" resulting in rear-end collisions.