Cool, he vetoed one thing that I agree should have been vetoed.
People are not getting into speeding accidents because they don’t know they are speeding. This would solve nothing, but would be a distraction any time it triggers off an incorrectly indexed speed limit.
Every speed limit on Google maps is wrong in my area so yeah this bill is a horrible idea
While Google Maps may be incorrect, government data should be nearly perfect.
Also, you know you can suggest fixes in Google Maps, right?
I wish I could share your faith in my local government
I can suggest fixes, but realistically I’m never going to remember by the time I get home. Skill issue on my part, but such is life.
My Volvo displays speed limits and I can have it beep if I go over, done by camera if I’m not mistaken, very rarely wrong.
I had a car that did that as well, but it’s highly reliant on well maintained signs, so it was wrong probably 30% of the time for me
One road I drive on frequently is posted 25, but Google Maps thinks it’s 55, which is a silly speed for that road with many turnouts. Meanwhile, the next road over, is also 25 and Google sees that one correctly, but going 55 on that road is nearly natural, with nothing but the road and usually green traffic lights every quarter mile.
My sons 2015 Nissan Juke has this and it’s so annoying.
edit: I have no idea why that response went to you. It’s not the first time it happened either
I feel like a system that noticeably increases the resistance of the gas pedal right around the current speed limit might be a good idea. It would make speeding require more intention on the part of the driver.
Tell me you don’t drive without telling me you don’t drive.
Speeding should be as annoying as possible for the driver.
Sounds like NHTSA recommended the veto so we don’t end up with competing standards.
Good move, IMO. For a system as large as this, with severe safety implications, you really don’t want to start on the wrong foot.
you really don’t want to start on the wrong foot.
We all be walkin’ here. GET OUT (I kid)
It’s a car’s world, we’re just walkin in it.
The article doesn’t say that the NHTSA asked Newsom to veto, just that they were working on a similar regulation.
It sounded like the car companies just wanted him to veto it so they could keep reckless drivers as a customer base.
The proposed regulation only kicks in at 10 mph over the speed limit (ie reckless driving and deadly to pedestrians)
