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.
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Speeders will be shot, their papers collected, and their families rounded up. NYS police vehicles now equipped with 30mm canons
I think this should be adopted in NY state and California immediately.
A remote governor. How lovely...
From what I’ve seen of NY they need a system that can get everyone UP to a speed limit. I spent the longest year of my life trying to get around NY one day.
Stinking communist bastards continue to run roughshod over the servile & indolent Aamerican sheeple...
There are no limits to tyranny...
There is no end in sight!
So:
Bow down!... Obey!... Snitch!...
The new one will be EVs before long so hackers might alter the software to go faster. Or your EV will rat you out if you try.
Well I will never buy any vehicle built in New York!
If tampered with, they’ll be designed to self destruct.
tell me more about ctashing passenger trains. That's new to me.
“tell me more about ctashing passenger trains. That’s new to me.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valhalla_train_crash
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Hare_station_train_crash
Here’s How Often a CTA Train Has Derailed in the Past 10 Years: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-transit-cta-train-derailment/80119/
Switching problems, hypothyroid medication and loss of situational awareness and finally overworked employee possibly falling asleep/sleep deprived accidents. I’m not sure where the pothead accusation came in to play. Well maybe potheads misspell crashing and replacing it with ctashing. That’s all I could surmise.
I was relying on memory of New York Post headlines at the time. I just did a quick search and didn’t get one with that specific suggestion.
I am not a pothead but I have enough typos that I gently correct without calling people out unless the typo makes for a new joke.
My uncle has a country place
that no one knows about...
Well, let’s just blame the potheads for your mistakes. They are an easy scapegoat for peoples problems.
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