Proposed legislation in California may make it the first state to require vehicles to have a device that can limit a driver’s speed.
State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced a bill requiring that some new cars have an “intelligent speed limiter,” the Hill reported Thursday.
Wiener’s office detailed the bill, along with another in the set of bills, in a recent press release:
Senate Bill 961 requires changes to vehicles directly, including a first-in-the-nation requirement that all new vehicles sold in California install speed governors, smart devices that automatically limit the vehicle’s speed to 10 miles above the legal limit. SB 961 also requires side underride guards on trucks, to reduce the risk of cars and bikes being pulled underneath the truck during a crash.
Senate Bill 960 requires that Caltrans, the state transportation agency, make physical…
