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California could require car ‘governors’ that limit speeding to 10 mph over posted limits

California would become the first state to require new vehicles be equipped with speed governors — technology that limits how fast they can be driven — under legislation by San Francisco state Sen. Scott Wiener.

The bill, introduced Wednesday, would require cars and trucks of the 2027 model year or later that are built or sold in California to include speed governors that would prohibit motorists from driving more than 10 mph over posted speed limits.

The legislation aims to address the epidemic of traffic deaths in the Bay Area and California, Wiener said. Traffic fatalities rose during the pandemic in San Francisco and nationwide, and speed factors in about a third of traffic deaths across the country, according to the National Safety Council. The National Highway Safety Administration estimated more than 40,000 traffic fatalities in 2022.

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California could require car ‘governors’ that limit speeding to 10 mph over posted limits
Love this.

Something like this seems overdue.  There can be some use, in emergency situations, for going over the speed limit.  Hopefully things like this will allow for short-term speeding but restrict regular or longer speeding trips.