Sponsor
Valerie Foushee
Representative · D-NC
Representative · D-NC
The bill offers a safety-focused alternative to license suspensions by requiring speed-limiting technology for high-risk drivers—potentially reducing crashes and costs—but it also imposes individual expenses, privacy and malfunction risks, and implementation challenges for states.
People who drive frequently or have repeated/severe speeding violations will be less able to speed, likely reducing crashes and improving road safety for drivers, passengers, pedestrians, and other road users.
States gain an alternative enforcement tool to target high-risk drivers (installing speed-limiting tech) instead of imposing longer license suspensions, potentially keeping people’s mobility while addressing dangerous behavior.
Reduced speeding can lower property damage and emergency response costs, potentially saving public funds and reducing insurance payouts for insurers and consumers.
Drivers ordered to use Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) may face upfront equipment installation costs or fines for noncompliance, imposing a direct financial burden on individuals who are required to comply.
Mandating active speed-limiting technology could raise privacy and tracking concerns if systems collect or transmit location/speed data, enabling monitoring by authorities or third parties.
Reliance on automatic speed-limiting systems creates risks if devices malfunction, are tampered with, or behave unexpectedly, which could introduce new safety hazards on the road.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes states to require ISA speed-limiting devices for drivers with repeated or severe speeding violations and allows penalties for noncompliance.
Official title: To amend title 23, United States Code, to include super speeder programs in State highway safety programs, and for other purposes.
Introduced July 22, 2026 by Valerie Foushee · Last progress July 22, 2026
Authorizes states to create “Stop Super Speeders” programs that require people with records of repeated or severe speeding violations to have active intelligent speed assistance (ISA) technology installed and used in their vehicles. The new program authority also lets states impose penalties on individuals who fail to comply with ISA installation or use requirements. The change is an amendment to existing federal highway safety law that inserts this new program option for states; it renumbers two existing statutory clauses to accommodate the new provision. It does not itself appropriate new funding or specify an effective date in the text provided.