A person watches as traffic drives across the Golden Gate Bridge in Sausalito, Calif., on March 1, 2024. The California Senate passed a bill on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, that would eventually require all new cars sold in California to alert drivers once they exceed the speed limit by 10 miles per hour. — AP
SACRAMENTO: California could eventually join the European Union in requiring all new cars to alert drivers when they break the speed limit, a proposal aimed at reducing traffic deaths that would likely impact motorists across the country should it become law.
The federal government sets safety standards for vehicles nationwide, which is why most cars now beep at drivers if their seat belt isn't fastened. A bill in the California Legislature – which passed its first vote in the state Senate on Tuesday – would go further by requiring all new cars sold in the state by 2032 to beep at drivers when they exceed the speed limit by at least 10 mph (16 kph).
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