[RahulNagaraj]

According to media reports, California Senate Bill 961 (SB 961) was passed this week, which mandates 50% of all new vehicles sold in the state to have passive speed limiters by 2029. Following this, by 2032, the percentage will increase to 100%.

The reports state that the passive speed limiters in new vehicles will come in the form of audible & visual signals that will be activated whenever the driver exceeds the speed limit by more than 10 miles per hour. The bill applies to all new vehicles, including passenger cars, trucks and buses, while emergency vehicles have been exempted.



SB 961 states, "An integrated vehicle system that uses, at minimum, the GPS location of the vehicle compared with a database of posted speed limits, to determine the speed limit, and utilizes a brief, one-time visual and audio signal to alert the driver each time they exceed the speed limit by more than 10 miles per hour."

Scott Wiener, Senator, stated, "California, like the nation as a whole, is seeing a horrifying spike in traffic deaths, with thousands of drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians dying each year on our roads." As per California Office of Traffic Safety's 2023 report, one-third of all traffic fatalities between 2017 and 2021 were speed-related.

The bill though isn't a law yet and is waiting to pass the assembly by August 31. If passed, it will make California the first state in the USA to mandate a passive speed limiter in new vehicles.

Source: Road&Track

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[pd1108]

It should be implemented in India post haste across the country

[SR-71]

Originally Posted by pd1108

It should be implemented in India post haste across the country

We do have basic passive limiters in the form of audible beeps when a vehicle crosses 80 Kmph and 120 Kmph. It's a mandatory feature in all cars that shipped since late 2019. Of course its in fixed interval because Indian cars do not come with the technology(ies) to access geo specific limits. Car manufacturers are not going to do it until the government becomes serious about the roads and road safety infrastructure.

[GeeTee TSI]

This shows the chalk and cheese difference in the nature of the speed limit implementation. We had a simple alert based on the absolute speedometer reading irrespective of the official speed limit of a particular stretch. As a result, the alerts are ignored on express highways and barreling through a school zone at 60 kmph gives no alerts.

[RunGaDa]

I am a little surprised at the year from which it will be implemented. I mean they already have controls built inside the vehicle, for example open all the windows if the speed is exceeding the limit programmed for the rental vehicle.
This I have experienced when I rented a car in California in 2008.
Hence if they want they can enforce the speed limits much early.