Federal Agency Recommends Installing Speed Limiters in New Cars

Published on November 16, 2023

The federal National Transportation Safety Board has asked automakers and regulators for “new technology” that can “reduce speeding” in every new car made in the United States. In a news release Tuesday, the NTSB cited a crash in Las Vegas that left nine people dead that “highlights need for intelligent speed assistance technology and countermeasures including interlock program for repeat speeding offenders.” In the January 2022 crash, a river of a Dodge Challenger with a long record of speeding ran a red light at 103 miles per hour and slammed into a minivan. The motorist was driving at an excessive rate of speed and failed to obey both a stop sign and red light, officials said, adding that the state of Nevada failed to seriously punish the driver after he was charged with five speeding violations in the 17 months before the crash....

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