Caught Speeding Too Many Times? New York Will Soon Control Your Car’s Speed

Drivers in New York who accumulate 16 or more speed camera violations within a single year will soon be forced to install technology that physically prevents their vehicles from exceeding the speed limit.

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the new legislation Wednesday, unveiling what state officials are calling a major crackdown on habitual reckless drivers.

“We have to protect people and if someone is so flagrantly violating the laws that there’s a callous disregard of human life-that’s the only way I can describe it-there have to be consequences have to be,” Hochul said.

Under the new “Super Speeder Crackdown” law, repeat offenders caught by school zone speed cameras or red-light cameras will be required to place Intelligent Speed Limiter devices in their vehicles once they reach 16 violations over a 12-month period.

The technology works by connecting directly to a vehicle’s onboard computer system while using GPS data to determine local speed limits. Once activated, the device prevents the car from traveling faster than the posted limit.

Officials say drivers who fail to comply with the requirement within 45 days could lose their vehicle registration entirely.

“If you don’t install it after 45 days, you lose your registration and you should not be on the roads if you don’t care about whether or not you’re going to kill somebody,” Hochul said.

With the measure now signed into law, New York joins a small but growing number of jurisdictions adopting similar policies, including Washington State, Washington, D.C., and Virginia.

The concept has already been tested on a smaller scale in New York. Four years ago, the city launched a pilot initiative that equipped 50 municipal vehicles with the speed-limiting systems.

{Matzav.com}