Posted on 09/09/2022 12:42:44 PM PDT by lowbridge
Officials in New York are mulling a bill that would mandate speed limiters in new vehicles that would be set to the local maximum allowable limit. The system would use GPS and traffic sign recognition technology to determine the speed limit.
The system has an appropriately benign and Orwellian name: Active Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA).
Senate Bill S9528 was introduced by Manhattan State Senator Brad Hoylman on Aug. 12 and, if passed, would require any vehicle manufactured or registered in the state of New York to be fitted with the ISA system, starting from Jan. 1, 2024. It cites the results of a study that show such a system could reduce traffic fatalities by 20%.
The bill also calls for existing active safety systems like automatic emergency braking, active lane control, blind-spot monitors with pedestrian detection, driver drowsiness detection, and even a data event recorder to be mandated from the same date.
If you’re thinking this sounds like a bad science fiction movie, New York City is already running a trial with 50 vehicles from the city’s fleet fitted with an ISA system. The trial will run for six months.
“Speeding ruins lives, so we must take action to prevent it, and New York City is leading by example by implementing new technology to reduce speeds on city fleet vehicles,” Eric Adams, New York City’s mayor, said in a statement.
Critics of the system argue that in certain circumstances it’s vital to be able to go past the limit, such as during merging. A solution here could be to introduce the limit in stages. For example, first, there could be a warning bell if the speed limit is exceeded. Then there could be a second, more serious warning, which if still ignored would then see the vehicle’s speed automatically reduced.
(Excerpt) Read more at rochesterfirst.com ...
That would certainly inspire me to keep my old car as long as possible.
And for the lawless gibsmedats riding around in 4-wheelers and dirt-bikes?
Oh, that is rich. Rush hour on the Triborough is bad enough. If the beginning of the rush is slowed by folks tootling along at 55 or whatever, some people will NEVER get home.
Much to drivers’ chagrin, traffic tickets are big money for towns and villages throughout New York, with the average police officer issuing about $300,000 worth of speeding tickets each year.
https://newyorkspeedingfines.com/towns-collect-traffic-ticket-revenue/
If its registered there you’d have to have it retro-fitted.
If they cannot even keep hired potheads from ctashing passenger trains, how are they going to safely control ALL cars?
BTW, strategically placed Reynolds Wrap should take care of the GPS nonsense.
Thecurrent 50 car trialstudy is slated to end next week when all vehicles are expected to be destroyed by other p1ssed off commuters.
Regardless, thats how its written. Frankly government won’t care. They just won’t allow you to re-register your vehicle there.
Adapt, improvise, and overcome them! Cannonball!
A prostitician from Manhattan. He doesn’t drive but guys like him are the first to bum rides from people!
The bill is offered by a sidewalk comnando!
Haven't seen the bill yet, but the article says any vehicle registered in New York. No mention of grandfathering in older vehicles.
Yawn. Another BS bill has been introduced. Hardly TEOTWAWKI.
That works as long as they continue to register older cars. My wife is from China. Her city wanted to get rid of motorcycles. They just stopped registering them. Only motorcycles registered elsewhere can be seen. I would not put it past the dems to try something like that.
Says “would mandate speed limiters in new vehicles”
Local maximum? That implies the car would need to accept outside inputs (wireless?) that control the engine.
Autos with no autonomy.
Keep reading:
Senate Bill S9528 was introduced by Manhattan State Senator Brad Hoylman on Aug. 12 and, if passed, would require any vehicle manufactured or registered in the state of New York to be fitted with the ISA system, starting from Jan. 1, 2024.
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/s9528
Section 1. Section 375 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding two new subdivisions 55 and 56 to read as follows: 55. (A) EVERY MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THIS STATE AND MANUFACTURED
OR ASSEMBLED ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SHALL
BE EQUIPPED WITH ADVANCED SAFETY TECHNOLOGY.
(B) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, "ADVANCED SAFETY TECHNOLOGY" INCLUDES
ACTIVE INTELLIGENT SPEED ASSISTANCE (ISA), ADVANCED EMERGENCY BRAKING
(AEB), EMERGENCY LANE KEEPING SYSTEMS (ELKS), BLIND SPOT INFORMATION
SYSTEMS (BSIS), DROWSINESS AND DISTRACTION RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY, REAR-
VIEW CAMERA SENSOR SYSTEMS, AND EVENT DATA RECORDERS (EDR). BSIS SHALL
INCLUDE CYCLIST AND PEDESTRIAN DETECTION TECHNOLOGY. EDR DEVICES SHALL
PROVIDE STANDARDIZED AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE DATA. THE COMMISSIONER, AFTER
A PUBLIC HEARING, SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS PROVIDING SPECIFICATIONS
FOR EACH TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION.
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