US EditionFederal agency renews call for speed limit software in new cars
- The National Transportation Safety Board has made a second recommendation in six years that all new automobiles should have technology to prevent speeding.
- Last year, over 12,000 people died and hundreds of thousands were injured in speed-related crashes in the US. The recommended technology, Intelligent Speed Assistance , uses GPS and sign recognition to restrict a vehicle's speed within specific zones.
- Despite concerns over speed-related fatalities, auto manufacturers have been hesitant to adopt ISA, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has not endorsed the NTSB's recommendation.
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Federal transportation agency recommends new cars have built-in speed limit
(WTVO) — The National Transportation Safety Board has made a recommendation that all new cars come with technology that prevents speeding. The NTSB said road safety was the reason for the recommendation, after 12,000 people in the United States were killed in speed-related crashes last year. The agency recommended the implementation of intelligent speed assistance technology that takes into account the speed limit of where the driver is located,…
Should cars have built-in speed limits? Some think it’s time
The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended that all new automobiles come equipped with technology meant to make speeding difficult or impossible, a move that comes after an accident in Las Vegas killed nine people.
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