This technology is intended to ensure that the vehicle does not exceed the speed limit. The new law explains how to use devices to punish reckless driving.
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Be careful, bad drivers: Some states have passed laws that punish reckless driving with devices that control the top speed of a vehicle.
Washington recently became the second state in the United States to join Virginia, enacting laws that would place speed limiting technology on vehicles with reckless driving records. Washington, DC has similar laws.
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed the law in May, and the license was stopped for reckless driving and reckless driving to install a device installed in the car if he wanted to drive again soon.
Speed Anti-Speed technology monitors the speed of the driver and prevents the vehicle from exceeding local speed limits. The law comes as the Washington State Road Safety Board reported a nearly 40% increase in fatal crashes involving speeding drivers between 2019 and 2023.
“The law was inspired by a crash when four individuals, including three children, were killed when the car was hit by a driver that would reach 112 mph,” Ferguson said when signing a new law in Washington. It will be effective in January 2029.
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“Sometimes, you just need one condition to generate momentum,” Chase told USA Today, noting that road safety laws are usually difficult. “This is a new type of measure with new U.S. technology and is really progressing at the state level around the country.”
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Virginia was the first US state to adopt the speed speed technology law
In April, Virginia became the country’s first state to enact a Speed Speed Technical Act to require intelligent speed assistance devices from people convicted of driving more than 100 miles.
Virginia’s Intelligent Speed Assistance Program is considered an alternative. By law, judges allow drivers to request intelligent speed assistance devices for repeated reckless driving crimes that do not wish to suspend their licenses. The device is small enough to fit in the air vent, so the driver does not exceed the speed limit.
Virginia law has rules similar to the state’s laws regarding Breath Aliser Ignition Interlock, said Taragill, senior director of advocacy and state law for highway and motor vehicle safety advocates. The Virginia Commission on Alcohol Safety Action Programme will oversee Virginia’s ISA program, Gill added.
Chase was encouraged to see bipartisan support for Virginia’s law, which was in effect in July 2026. It was sponsored by Democratic state Patrick Hope and signed the law by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
“It’s great to see some common ground when our country may seem so divided politically,” Chase said.
Meanwhile, lawmakers from other states are considering some form of anti-speed technical requirements, including California and Connecticut, Gill said. There are three states, Arizona, Georgia and Maryland, and it is proposed that the current session will kill the ISA law, Gill added.
“We hope these states will rethink these measures,” Gill said.
Washington, DC was the first US municipality to pass a reckless driving bill
In 2024, Washington, DC passed the first ever law to enact intelligent speed assistance for repeat speeding drivers. The reckless driving laws in the country’s capitals are called laws (manipulation) to “strengthen traffic enforcement, education and responsibility.” DC Council unanimously passed the measure.
DC officials can install “speed governors” in the vehicle of drivers convicted of aggravated or recklessly aggravated driving.
Meanwhile, New York City is expanding its ISA pilot program. A recent study, which includes 500 urban fleet vehicles and more than 2.9 million miles of driving, showed that ISAs fell 82% on highways and 64% on overall speeding.
City officials say the success of the pilot programme has now expanded the ISA to 2,100 vehicles.
California discusses speed warnings in all cars
Meanwhile, California has pondered on taking similar technologies a step further, including failing invoices targeting every vehicle in the state.
California’s current ISA bill is stagnating in the state legislature. Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected measures that would have become the first such law in the United States last year.
The bill required all new vehicles sold or leased in California in 2030 to be equipped with a passive intelligent speed assistance system to warn drivers if the speed limit exceeds L0 mph.
In his veto, Newsom said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) “already regulates vehicle safety standards, and adding California-specific requirements will create a patchwork of regulations that undermine this long-standing federal framework.”
During discussions on the bill, the Automotive Innovation Alliance, the Automotive Industry Lobbying Association, questioned California’s motivations. The group mentioned a 2022 law requiring new European vehicles to have at least one of four speed limit recognition warning systems installed.
“What they have in Europe is the essential intelligent speed assist,” the lobbyist group said. “This includes technology intended to be a reminder to the driver… not a restrictor… using cameras and GPS to recognize clear/visible speed limit signs on the road.”