https://www.fastcompany.com/9132383...-cars-and-other-states-are-rushing-to-join-in Intelligent Speed Assist can prevent a car from exceeding the speed limit. Republicans in Virginia just passed a law to make it a punishment for repeated traffic violations—and other states may soon follow suit. Virginia will use technology to slow chronic speeders’ cars—and other states are rushing to join in BY David Zipper Americans worried about their country’s sky-high rate of crash deaths haven’t had much to cheer lately. Although pedestrian fatalities remain near an all-time record, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants to stop funding “active” transportation projects such as sidewalks. A prominent webpage encouraging safe street designs has disappeared, and layoffs have rocked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the federal agency responsible for minimizing crashes. But at the state level, an encouraging trend is emerging. From California to Maryland, state legislators are exploring the use of new technology, known as Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA), that can prevent the most reckless drivers from blasting past the speed limit. Even at a time of entrenched political polarization, ISA has garnered bipartisan support. “It’s really growing much more rapidly than we anticipated,” says Amy Cohen, the head of Families for Safe Streets, a national advocacy group backing the various ISA bills. She and her allies hope to sidestep the Trump administration entirely, relying instead on states to promote the adoption of lifesaving car technology. The safety argument against speeding is ironclad. Blazing-fast vehicles take longer to brake and exert more force in a crash, thereby endangering everyone else on the roadway. Across the U.S., around 12,000 people died in speeding-related crashes in 2022, almost a third of the national total.
Safety at the expense of freedom. Ok you want slow cars, make cars half powered at half the price. Someone tried making an electric pickup truck under $20,000 but it just went up to $27,000. It's just like gun control, pretending freedom is not a right.
And you noted that it's embraced by Republicans, right? Actually, your "freedom" is anarchy. It may have been important 300 years ago or so when wilderness was the norm, but in modern society it's important to have rules regulating your freedom.