California Bill Would Require ‘Intelligent Speed Limiters’ Installed in New Cars

Published on January 26, 2024

New legislation in California could restrict the speed of new cars from driving 10 mph over posted speed limits, if passed, for most new vehicles beginning with 2027 models. The bill, Senate Bill 961, which would make California the first state in the nation to install “intelligent speed limiters” in new cars, excluding emergency vehicles, was authored by state Senator Scott Wiener (D–San Francisco) and announced in a Jan. 24 press release. “There is no reason for anyone to be going over 100 miles per hour on a public road, yet in 2020, California Highway Patrol issued over 3,000 tickets for just that offense. Preventing reckless speeding is a commonsense approach to prevent these utterly needless and heartbreaking crashes,” he said in the announcement....

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