Virginia will use technology to slow chronic speeders cars and other states are rushing to join in

Get the Full StoryIntelligent Speed Assist can prevent a car from exceeding the speed limit. Republicans in Virginia just passed a law to make it a punishment for repeated traffic violations and other states may soon follow suit.

Americans worried about their country s sky-high rate of crash deaths haven t had much to cheer lately. Although pedestrian fatalities remain near an all-time record, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants to stop funding active transportation projects such as sidewalks. A prominent webpage encouraging safe street designs has disappeared, and layoffs have rocked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA , the federal agency responsible for minimizing crashes.

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