"Legislators in 18 states and counting have either passed, introduced, or signaled their commitment to pursue a "Stop Super Speeders" bill, which would mandate the installation of active "Intelligent Speed Assist" technology on any vehicles registered to a driver with a track record of specific deadly driving offenses. Researchers say that technology, which automatically senses local limits and throttles cars to those speeds,"
"technology, which automatically senses local limits and throttles cars to those speeds, would reduce road deaths between 26 and 50 percent if it were mandatory on all vehicles in America, at least if those systems weren't outfitted with override button. Even if only the worst of the worst drivers used such speed governors, though, that could still take a huge chunk out of America's traffic violence epidemic,"
Eighteen states have moved to pursue "Stop Super Speeders" legislation that would require active Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA) systems on vehicles registered to drivers with specified deadly driving offenses. ISA automatically senses local speed limits and throttles vehicles to those limits. Mandatory ISA on all vehicles without an override could reduce road deaths by 26–50 percent. Applying speed governors to repeat high-risk drivers could still substantially reduce fatalities during a traffic violence crisis that killed 40,901 people in 2023, with about one-third of fatalities involving a speeding driver. A New York City study found drivers with ten automated tickets contributed to deadly crashes at nearly three times the general rate, while twenty tickets raised the risk fivefold.
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