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Related: About this forumCalifornia could require car 'governors' that limit speeding to 10 mph over posted limits
San Francisco Chronicle / January 24, 2024
California would become the first state to require new vehicles be equipped with speed governors technology that limits how fast they can be driven under legislation by San Francisco state Sen. Scott Wiener.
The bill, introduced Wednesday, would require cars and trucks of the 2027 model year or later that are built or sold in California to include speed governors that would prohibit motorists from driving more than 10 mph over posted speed limits.
The legislation aims to address the epidemic of traffic deaths in the Bay Area and California, Wiener said. Traffic fatalities rose during the pandemic in San Francisco and nationwide, and speed factors in about a third of traffic deaths across the country, according to the National Safety Council. The National Highway Safety Administration estimated more than 40,000 traffic fatalities in 2022.
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Cars subject to the speed-governor requirement wouldnt be able to drive faster than 80 mph on state highways with a post 70 mph speed limit, for example. The bill would also apply to city driving as motorists wouldnt be able to drive faster than 35 mph in quiet residential streets with 25 mph speed limits.
LINK (paywall): https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/car-speed-governors-bill-18624126.php
This bill won't pass the legislature. Newsom wouldn't sign it either. There are other ways to limit speed.
I can't imagine a better anti-California talking point for MAGATs than this over-regulating legislation from Scott Wiener. He handed it to them on a silver platter.
doc03
(36,709 posts)beaglelover
(4,053 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,919 posts)zeusdogmom
(1,048 posts)Pay attention to stuff that really matters. Dont micromanage and regulate people and businesses.
TeamProg
(6,630 posts)The Mouth
(3,285 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,791 posts)for one person's misguided idea.
louis-t
(23,720 posts)They haven't stopped. Police presence on the freeways is definitely down.
getagrip_already
(17,440 posts)BMW for example, has tech that will read road siigns and adjust the cars speed accordingly. So if the road speed changes, the car will track along with it.
I saw it work on a trip to germany. Very interesting tech.
Just mentioning it. Not advocating it. this would be very expensive to implement on all models.
mitch96
(14,658 posts)that the communities that make money off of speeders would loose a TON of revenue...
You want safe? or you want revenue...
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NoRethugFriends
(2,997 posts)And there are times when you need to use the extra speed to avoid a bad situation.
TeamProg
(6,630 posts)that happened?
Tikki
(14,795 posts)We live near the bottom of a hill. More then many vehicles make the turn off a major city street and hit 50mph by the time
they pass our home. This is in a 25mph zone.
Tikki
The Mouth
(3,285 posts)About what we expect these days.
TheBlackAdder
(28,919 posts)TeamProg
(6,630 posts)about that?
And what about Law & Order Repukes?
Speeding kills, positively, absolutely, we all know it does.
It kills BEARS, too.
The Mouth
(3,285 posts)and completely ban all speed regulators on commercial vehicles.