Sep 6, 2022
Europe is on the brink of putting "Intelligent Speed Assist"
technology on all new cars to slow drivers down to local limits —
and even some U.S. states are
hoping to follow suit. But the minute "speed governors" get
mentioned, tempers flare, and it could make the movement to
throttle U.S. drivers a challenging fight to win.
Today on The Brake, we asked mobility researcher
David Zipper to give us a breakdown of the most common
speed-limiting technologies available today, and to share how
he responds to six of the most common concerns about them —
from the valid to the downright silly.
Read more of David's past writings on this topic
here and
here, and check out the highlights of our conversation on
usa.streetsblog.org.