California governor vetoes bill requiring speeding alerts in new cars
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California’s governor has vetoed a bill that would have required all new cars to beep at drivers when they speed.
  • BigDiction@lemmy.world
    9·
    19 hours ago

    I generally liked Scott Weiner’s legislation but am glad this bill was vetoed.

    My RAV4 already detects the limit sign, displays the posted speed on the dash, and turns that limit red when traveling 10 over. It makes me aware of what the limit is without a distracting beep that could be confused with other warnings already implemented like rapidly slowing traffic ahead.

    Safety Saturation is a real thing. If the car starts beeping for going with the flow of a traffic then drivers just start ignoring them all.

    • TriflingToad@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 hours ago

      I want like a video game hud to show up on the windshield that turns red when it’s 10 over. I hate not knowing what the speed limit is and having to guess

  • UraniumBlazer@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    24 hours ago

    Why did he veto that? The bill sounds like a good idea to me. Two tons of metal travelling over the speed limit is absolutely dangerous for all. If the driver is careless enough to not obey safety laws, they at least deserve to be annoyed by a beeping speedometer, no?

    • koper@feddit.nlEnglish
      4·
      21 hours ago

      Or you could just stop speeding. If you think that breaking the law and taking the risk of injuring/killing another human being is more important than a little annoyance, you should get your priorities straight. The world doesn’t revolve around you.

      • fishpen0@lemmy.world
        21·
        21 hours ago

        There are an endless number of places where the speed limit data does not match the actual speed limit. My car has the speed limit wrong on hundreds of small back roads and even segments of highway. This encourages not actually paying attention to posted signs.

        Failing that, you can be going the speed limit and then the speed limit drops or increases by 15-30mph suddenly. Like highway ramps for example. Most people coast into the lower speed after the change or accelerate into the new speed in advance of the change. This would encourage hard breaking at extremely dangerous places or entering highways at incredibly unsafe low speeds.