Even if the governor and state Senate are on board, declaring victory should be saved for the very end and not a minute sooner.
Safe streets advocates and state lawmakers are pushing to get the Stop Super Speeders Act (S4045C/A2299D) to be included in the final state budget after Gov. Hochul included a form of it in her executive budget proposal and the state Senate followed suit.
The bill, sponsored by state Sen. Andrew Gounardes (D-Brooklyn) and Assembly Member Emily Gallagher (D-Brooklyn), would require speed-limiting devices to be installed on cars whose drivers have racked up more than 15 speed camera violations in one year or more than 11 points against their driver's license within 18 months.
Hochul's budget treats it as a pilot program with a possible expansion statewide. Its details, including thresholds for drivers who would receive the device, are entirely up to New York City to develop.
The Assembly didn't include the legislation in its proposal, as Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie has concerns about the legislation's ramifications for due process and generally leaves non-fiscal policy out of the budget.
“Our bill was carefully crafted — at the threshold where someone gets a [speed-limiting] device placed in their car, the data shows they are twice as likely to cause a crash that results in death or serious injury," Gallagher said at the rally. "This bill represents a common-sense, non-carceral approach to slowing super speeders and making our roads safer for all. We must pass it in the budget."
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