Europe’s historic new vehicle safety requirement, which could radically reduce road deaths in high-speed crashes, is doable here, too — if communities stand up and demand it, supporters say.
Effective today, every new car sold in the European Union must be equipped with an Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA) system that automatically senses the surrounding speed limit and sends drivers an alert to slow down.
At the state level, governments are successfully arguing for the public health benefits of curbing speeds, with California already on track to pass a bill that would require passive ISA when drivers go more than 10 miles an hour over the limit.
