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New York City is forcing some cars to slow down

• IndySun 4y ago
  The EU method is to 'advise' dropping speed remotely. The NYC method is to physically slow the car. I am all for making USA car driving safer, some of the worst driving I've seen anywhere, but how does the NYC method work in an emergency and the car really needs to accelerate?
• rektide 4y ago
  > The Big Apple's experiment "leaves the EU in the dust" because it uses "active" ISA [intelligent speed assistance], which forcibly slows vehicles, versus "passive" ISA, which tells drivers to hit the brakes, per TNW, a tech website owned by the Financial Times. Holy shit! Definitely of many minds myself. Overall the goal is very good, and it is so frustrating seeing people going way too fast. Particularly in neighborhoods, which like a challenging place to add ISA everywhere. On the other hand here in DC there's a number of corridors where driving the speed limit would be basically unsafe, way lower than the flow of traffic. And in general I just don't like seeing ever expanding computerized control over the world. > In July, the European Union mandated its use in new models of vehicles; in 2024, it'll be compulsory in all new cars sold there.