Inside California’s Coming Fight Over Vehicle Speed Limiters
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside California’s Coming Fight Over Vehicle Speed Limiters

Bloomberg  

Excessive speed is a factor in over 12,000 annual deaths in the US, or roughly a third of all crash fatalities. The traditional array of policy deterrents — police enforcement, PSA campaigns, and automatic speed cameras — seem unable to rein in the fastest drivers, who endanger themselves along with everyone else on the road. On Jan. 24, California State Senator Scott Wiener introduced a bill outlining a different approach. If California Senate Bill 961 passes, the state would be the first in the US to require technology known as Intelligent Speed Assist, which uses GPS location data to adjust a vehicle’s top speed to reflect a roadway’s posted speed limit. Wiener’s bill mandates that speed limiters be installed on all new cars sold statewide by 2027, with the devices set to 10 miles per hour above the speed limit.

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Gavin Newsom says no to beeping speed warnings in all new cars
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Gavin Newsom says no to beeping speed warnings in all new cars

Politico  

Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat, argued the bill would help California combat a sharp increase in pedestrian fatalities over the last decade. “This veto resigns Californians to a completely unnecessary risk of fatality,” Wiener said in a statement. “The evidence is clear: Rising levels of dangerous speeding are placing all Californians in danger.” His original proposal would have required that …

Bill to alert drivers when they exceed speed limit heads to Newsom
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bill to alert drivers when they exceed speed limit heads to Newsom

LA Times  

A bill would require vehicles to include a warning system for drivers going over the speed limit. Gavin Newsom would require vehicles to include a warning system to alert drivers anytime they went more than 10 miles over the speed limit. “Over 4,000 Californians die every year in traffic collisions on our roadways — a dramatic increase from pre-pandemic levels …

New cars in California could alert drivers for breaking the speed limit
7 months ago

New cars in California could alert drivers for breaking the speed limit

LA Times  

California could eventually join the European Union in requiring all new cars to alert drivers when they break the speed limit, a proposal aimed at reducing traffic deaths that would likely impact motorists across the country should it become law. A bill in the California Legislature — which passed its first vote in the state Senate on Tuesday — would …

New cars in California could alert drivers for breaking the speed limit
7 months ago

New cars in California could alert drivers for breaking the speed limit

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California could eventually join the European Union in requiring all new cars to alert drivers when they break the speed limit, a proposal aimed at reducing traffic deaths that would likely impact motorists across the country should it become law. A bill in the California Legislature — which passed its first vote in the state Senate on …

California Lawmaker Wants Carmakers to Limit How Fast You Can Drive
10 months, 3 weeks ago

California Lawmaker Wants Carmakers to Limit How Fast You Can Drive

Bloomberg  

A California lawmaker defended his proposal to force automakers to install devices that prevent drivers from speeding more than 10 miles over the legal limit, saying it would enhance public safety and reduce fatalities from car crashes. “We drive so damn fast,” said State Senator Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, at the BloombergNEF summit in the city on …

Slow down! As deaths and injuries mount, new calls for technology to reduce speeding
1 year ago

Slow down! As deaths and injuries mount, new calls for technology to reduce speeding

NPR  

As deaths and injuries mount, new calls for technology to reduce speeding Enlarge this image toggle caption AP AP Tiffani May never saw it coming. He says U.S. automakers may be reluctant to add speed assistance because it would increase the cost of a vehicle for a feature drivers don't necessarily want. Sponsor Message "NHTSA always welcomes the NTSB's input …

Speed limiters: What are they and what is the new law concerning them?
2 years, 3 months ago

Speed limiters: What are they and what is the new law concerning them?

The Independent  

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Column: Mercedes crash that killed 5 galvanizes an L.A. movement: No more fast and furious
2 years, 4 months ago

Column: Mercedes crash that killed 5 galvanizes an L.A. movement: No more fast and furious

LA Times  

In Los Angeles, people have had it with speeding. “I said, ‘Enough is enough.’ ” Some legislators have tried to do something, but several bills to control speeding have failed. “I started to get to know a community of victims,” said Stern, who told me that in addition to re-engineering streets to make them safer, there have to be stiffer …

Column: In Sacramento, legislative attempts to slow down drivers have hit speed bumps
3 years, 8 months ago

Column: In Sacramento, legislative attempts to slow down drivers have hit speed bumps

LA Times  

If you have any doubt that lead-footed drivers are everywhere, elevating risks for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians, I’m guessing you haven’t been outdoors in the last year or so. They argue that: A half-mile automated enforcement zone around a school is “broader than it needs to be.” With automated systems, in which a camera detects the infraction and a citation …

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