They tried a variant of that in ST:TNG but it was something involving warp drive being used too much. Some kind of big time space thingy damage.
It had Dr.Astin from Quincy in it.
Yep.
Federation starships were from that point limited to no faster than warp 5.
But I noticed that they frequently broke that speed limit when it was inconvenient for the plot.
After that, it was completely ignored.
(Liberals do seem to paint themselves into corners often, don’t they?
I remember that episode.