A California legislator has proposed limiting the top speed of cars to 80 mph. Don’t bet against the law’s passage; it’s amazing how many bad ideas start in the Golden State. From Eric Peters at ericpetersautos.com:
Some will remember when the federal government tried to make drivers “slow down” for “safety” by requiring the car companies to not install speedometers in the vehicles they made that read higher than 85 MPH. The thinking being that drivers would then not try to drive any faster than that.
What’s coming next – via California – is something a bit more controlling.
And it’s already here. Everywhere.
This latter is a fact unnoticed by news coverage of the proposed law put forward by a San Francisco Leftist (they are not “liberals” . . . Thomas Jefferson was a liberal) named Scott Wiener to electronically limit the top speed of all new cars to 80 MPH, which is 10 MPH more than the maximum legal speed limit in CA. The Speeding and Fatality Emergency Reduction (or SAFER, of course) act would impose this requirement on all new cars made beginning with the 2027 model year.
Now, the punchline is it’s not just California drivers whose 2027 model year cars – including their “ludicrous speed” Teslas – that will be throttled to Yugo Speed if this Leftist’s proposal becomes law. It will be everyone who drives a car made during the past three years or so, anywhere in the country.
Mommygov will keep me safe.
Eisenhower said if you want safety and security then go to prison and even there you can be harmed.
Eventually there will be a low speed limit on all cars enforced digitally.
Equality uber alles and smart people stop all of that thinking in Harrison Bergeron world.
Karens of both sexes will never rest until we all live in helmet and bubble wrap world.
My participation trophy is so shiny and Heather has two mommies.