The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended seventeen car manufacturers include smart speed-assistance technologies in all new vehicles. This technology will, at a minimum, alert drivers when they are exceeding the speed limit.
The NTSB is a government agency that reviews accidents. After investigating a car crash in North Las Vegas where nine people died, the NTSB is now pushing that cars should warn, limit, and stop us from speeding.
Intelligent speed assistance technology, or ISA, supposedly will help drivers maintain safe and legal speeds by using a car’s GPS as well as onboard cameras. Passive ISA systems alert drivers through visual, sound, or touch notifications when the exceeds the speed limit. In that case the driver is responsible for, and in control of slowing down. Active systems however make it harder (but not impossible) to exceed the speed limit. The most stringent systems electronically limit the car’s speed preventing drivers from going over the limit.
The NTSB states that 12,330 people died in crashes related to speeding in 2021. This accounts for about one-third of all traffic fatalities in the U.S.
The kill switch will give control over driving to the government and the department of transportation. A better approach is to educate people to become better and safer drivers.
Car Coach Reports YouTube channel posted the following video about the NTSB recommendations: