Inside speed limiter tech that would force bad drivers to slow down under state bill: Can save lives

This new gadget is ready to pump the brakes on bad drivers.New “speed limiter” devices for cars are set to force reckless drivers with multiple violations to finally slow down, by linking to their ignitions and capping how fast their car can go with the help of GPS technology, The Post has learned.The new units — which could be forced into the cars of some 3,000 bad drivers at $1,000 a pop under a proposed state law — was giving a test drive Wednesday for reporters.The units gave a glimpse at what life in the slow lane will be like for careless speed demons.“This technology does work,” said Sen.Andrew Gounardes, a co-sponsor of the so-called Stop Super Speeders Act, told The Post during a demonstration of the tech in South Slope Wednesday.The bill, which would force the devices into chronic speeder’s cars for as long as a year, is the latest attempt to thwart speeding after the expansion of red light and speed camera programs.“For a small stubborn subset of drivers, there is no adequate remedy” to speeding right now, he said, noting the city’s own top 10 super speeders landed more than 2,700 speed cameras last year alone according to data collected by Transportation Alternatives.“We need to do something different we need to do something outside the box,” he added.

“If we can stop even 1,000 or 2,000 of the most dangerous vehicles in our city … then we can save lives.”The measure would target drivers who incur 16 or more speed camera tickets in a year, as well as those who accumulate 11 or more points on their license in 18 months, according to the bill text.Court orders for the tech will be attached to bad drivers, not vehicles — and those caught driving a vehicle without a speed limiter will be held in contempt of court.A judge can preset the “leeway” given to a vehicle, the elected explained, with a suggested 5 mph buffer between a posted speed limit and a device’s maximum speed setting.

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