NEW CALIFORNIA BILL TO REQUIRE ALL PASSENGER VEHICLES TO BEEP WHEN SPEEDING
I can’t stand repetitive beeps. One of the worst things in the world is when the battery in a smoke detector at home starts to fade and the damn thing beeps incessantly. That always seems to happen in the middle of the night, by the way. But clearly, I’m not alone in hating beeps that won’t stop. And that could be the logic behind a new bill in California designed to annoy the crap out of you so get you to do the speed limit when driving your car. Because this bill, if it becomes law, would make it the law of the (state) land to have your car beep over and over again when you go 10 or more miles per hour above the speed limit; speeding.
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BY 2032, ANY CAR MADE OR SOLD IN CA WILL BEEP INCESSANTLY FOR LEADFOOTS SPEEDING
But to be fair, in most of the “developed” world, driving has gotten safer in recent years. The one and notable exception is the United States, where driving has only gotten more dangerous. And that could be why California is taking new, annoying action with the bill SB961, which would make it a requirement that half of all new cars built or even sold there to have “passive speed limiters” in just 5 years. And 8 years from now, in 2032, that requirement goes to all cars made or sold in the state. And if the vehicle contains passengers, the law will apply. That means cars, trucks, even buses. Speeding with an annoying beep is soon to be a thing.
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BUT ALL TOO SOON, THE SPEEDING ANNOYING BEEP COULD BE THE RULE IN ALL OF AMERICA
The California Senate just passed the speeding beep bill, in effort to get a grip on how much more dangerous driving has been since the covid-19 pandemic, with an marked increase in road fatalities. But if this whole idea makes you antsy, I feel you. But be warned: the National Transportation Safety Board as well as the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety are totally on board with making California’s regulatory foray a national reality. So while a speeding car beep may not impact you immediately via federal law, many states will follow California’s lead.
Just thank your stars and stones that driverless cars still don’t really work. Because when it does, soon nobody will be driving.
