First-in-Nation Bill Requiring Cars to Warn Speeding Drivers Goes to CA Governor

Re:First-in-Nation Bill Requiring Cars to Warn Speeding Driv... by sokoloff on Thursday September 05, 2024 @07:46PM (#41461428)

> Many cars are sold which can exceed 150% of the highest speed limit anywhere in the state

Is there any popular new car that can't do 106 mph on level ground, no wind? I can find a few extra-wheezy cars with published top speeds lower than that, but even a Prius, base Civic, or base Corolla can exceed 110 mph.

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Re:First-in-Nation Bill Requiring Cars to Warn Speeding Driv... by acdha on Thursday September 05, 2024 @08:20PM (#41461633)

I thought there were some 75mph zones in the high desert but it’s been almost two decades since I last drove there. In any case, though, that’s basically my thought: there’s literally nowhere in the entire state where you can legally drive over 75mph on a public road, so it’s kind of nuts that most drivers can easily go 100-160mph and we just say “don’t do this very easy thing, that’d be dangerous”.

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Re:First-in-Nation Bill Requiring Cars to Warn Speeding Driv... by foxyv on Thursday September 05, 2024 @08:00PM (#41461513)

My brother did 108MPH in a non-turbo PT Cruiser 4 cylinder. It would have happily gone faster if there wasn't a speed limiter.

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