#speed-limits

#speed-limits

New law allows NYC to lower speed limits to increase traffic safety, honoring Sammy Cohen Eckstein. Advocates urge drivers to slow down for safer streets. [ more ]

New York City drivers should slow down to potentially lower speed limits to 20 mph on some streets. [ more ]

Sen. Scott Wiener is introducing bills to make streets safer in California. One bill would require new cars to have 'speed governors' that limit speed to 10 mph over the speed limit. Another bill would require large trucks to install side guards to prevent accidents.

Wiener believes these measures are 'commonsense actions' to protect public safety. He argues that most people support speed limits and do not want others driving more than 10 mph over the limit. [ more ]

Governor Kathy Hochul plans to push for legislation that would give New York City control of its speed limit.

This marks the second year in a row that Hochul is attempting to pass the legislation, named after a 12-year-old boy who was killed in 2013. [ more ]

Advocates are working to lower speed limits on streets to improve pedestrian safety.

Nixon's National Maximum Speed Limit law in 1974 resulted in fewer road deaths for a brief period of time. [ more ]

Governor Kathy Hochul will include legislation to allow New York City to control its own speed limits in her executive budget for the second year in a row.

The legislation, named after a 12-year-old victim of a traffic accident, would give the city the authority to lower the speed limit from 25 mph to 20 mph. [ more ]