Feds want speed reduction tech in every new car. Are American drivers ready? [View all]
Source: TechCrunch
Feds want speed reduction tech in every new car. Are American drivers ready?
Rebecca Bellan@rebeccabellan / 7:15 AM EST•November 16, 2023
On a Saturday afternoon in January 2022, a 2018 Dodge Challenger ran through a stop sign in Las Vegas, picked up the pace to a speed of 103 miles per hour and flew through an intersection on a red light. The Dodge struck the right side of a Toyota Sienna minivan, which carried seven occupants, causing four more vehicles to crash. The driver and passenger of the Dodge, as well as every passenger in the minivan, died.
The National Transportation Safety Board, a U.S. government agency that investigates such accidents, found that in this scenario and many others like it, a technology that limits the speed of vehicles could have mitigated the scale of this tragedy. The driver, who was found to have cocaine and PCP in his system which impaired his decision-making, had a record for breaking the speed limit.
The NTSB concluded that intelligent speed-assist technology (ISA) should be standard equipment in all new vehicles to prevent needless deaths. It’s no longer enough, the agency argues, to rely on states to deter driver speeding and recidivism. The agency, which doesn’t have the power to make regulations, is calling on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to mandate the use of this technology going forward.
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Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/16/ntsb-speed-reduction-tech-in-every-new-car/
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Related: NTSB Calls for Technology to Reduce Speeding in All New Cars (NTSB)
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