A proposed bill in California could make the state the first to require vehicles to be equipped with devices that can limit the driver's speed.
State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has introduced a bill that would require some new cars to be equipped with “intelligent speed limiters.” hill report Thursday.
wiener office be familiar with The bill, along with a series of other bills, was stated in a recent press release as follows:
Senate Bill 961 requires direct vehicle modifications, including requiring all new cars sold in California to have a smart device that automatically limits the vehicle's speed to 10 mph above the legal speed limit. It also includes a first-in-the-nation requirement to install a certain speed governor. SB 961 also requires side underride guards on trucks to reduce the risk of cars and motorcycles being pulled under the truck in a crash.
Senate Bill 960 would require Caltrans, the state transportation agency, to install new crosswalks and curbs on state-owned surface streets to better serve pedestrians, bicyclists, the disabled community, and transit users. It requires physical improvements such as lengthening.
At a recent press conference, Wiener said: Said According to NBC Bay Area, the technology already exists and is being used in various forms in other countries and regions of the United States.
“Cars are now being built that allow you to set speed limits,” he says. The outlet noted that companies like Volvo and General Motors are offering teen drivers options that allow parents to limit the speed.
A supporter of the change whose mother was seriously injured while crossing a street in San Francisco Said“Dangerous speeding kills lives”:
Weiner said in a press release that the issue “requires urgent attention.”
No one should ever go faster than 100 miles per hour on a public road, but in 2020, the California Highway Patrol issued more than 3,000 tickets for that violation alone. Preventing reckless speeding is a common sense approach to preventing these completely unnecessary and heartbreaking crashes.
ABC 7 is an emergency vehicle exempted If the bill becomes law.
