New York drivers may be forced to get $1,000 ‘speed limiter’ under new bill

New “speed limiter devices” for cars will finally pressure reckless drivers in New York to slow down if a proposed state law manages to pass. The new devices would be forced into the cars of around 3,000 chronic speeders with multiple violations by limiting how fast their car can be driven using GPS technology.

The price for the units stands at $1,000 a piece under the proposed law. Various other states have tried different measures to tackle the problem of speeding, with Florida pushing for a “super speeder” law while Maryland used speed cameras across the state.

“This technology does work,” Sen. Andrew Gounardes, a co-sponsor of the so-called Stop Super Speeders Act, told The New York Post during a demonstration of the tech…

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