New York politicians just found a new way to control your life.
They're calling it a "safety measure" to stop reckless drivers.
But New York just unveiled one device that could force drivers to obey Big Brother — speed limiters that give the government control over how fast you're allowed to drive.
Democrats want judges ordering speed caps on your vehicle
State Senator Andrew Gounardes and Assemblymember Robert Carroll are pushing the "Stop Super Speeders Act" that would force chronic speeders to install $1,000 devices in their cars.¹
These devices connect directly to your ignition system and use GPS to prevent your car from exceeding preset speeds.
Here's the kicker: a judge decides how fast you're allowed to drive.
The bill targets drivers with 16 or more speed camera tickets in a year, or those who rack up 11 points on their license in 18 months.²
The court mandate sticks with you personally — not with any specific vehicle you own.
Get caught driving a car without the speed limiter? You're in contempt of court.
When you drive through areas with different speed limits, the GPS recalibrates your maximum speed automatically — whether that's highways, school zones, or residential streets.
Gounardes demonstrated the technology in Brooklyn's South Slope neighborhood Wednesday, showing reporters how the system works.
"This technology does work," Gounardes told The Post.³
The bill already passed the state Senate in 2024, and sponsors hope the Assembly follows suit.
The government's "safety" excuse doesn't hold up
Politicians are selling this as a targeted response to chronic speeders.
Gounardes pointed to New York City's top 10 super speeders who landed more than 2,700 speed camera tickets last year alone.⁴
"For a small stubborn subset of drivers, there is no adequate remedy" to speeding right now, he claimed.
The push gained momentum after a horrific Brooklyn crash on Ocean Parkway killed a mother and her two children.
The driver had 90 speeding violations at the time.
"If the speed tech were in place, they would still be alive today," Gounardes said.⁵
Darnell Sealy-McCrorey, whose 13-year-old daughter was killed by a speeding SUV driver in October 2024, supports the measure.
"If we don't do something, another life is going to be taken," he said at the demonstration.
Nobody wants dangerous drivers on the road.
But this "solution" creates far bigger problems than it solves.
This is how government control always starts
The bill sponsors want you focused on the worst drivers with dozens of violations.
That's the camel's nose under the tent.
Today it's chronic speeders with 16 tickets. Tomorrow it's 10 tickets. Next year it's 5.
Then it's anyone who gets pulled over twice in a year.
Government power never shrinks — it only expands.
The technology already exists in 7,000 New York City municipal vehicles after a successful 2022 pilot program.
Once the infrastructure is in place and the legal precedent is set, expanding the program becomes inevitable.
What happens when you need to accelerate quickly to avoid an accident? The device won't let you.
What if there's a medical emergency and you need to get someone to the hospital fast? Too bad — Big Brother set your speed limit.
The bill gives judges discretion to set a "leeway" buffer of 5 mph above posted limits.
So unelected bureaucrats in robes will decide how fast you're allowed to drive your own vehicle that you paid for with your own money.
This is the same logic that gave us red light cameras and speed cameras everywhere.
Politicians promised those were just about safety too.
Now they're revenue generators that trap drivers and fund bloated government budgets.
The sponsors admit the devices cost $1,000 each and would affect about 3,000 drivers initially.
That's $3 million in new spending — and like every government program, costs always balloon beyond initial estimates.
New York already leads the nation in government overreach.
This speed limiter scheme is just the latest example of Democrats who think they know better than you how to live your life.
The real question isn't whether chronic speeders are dangerous.
It's whether you trust government to stop at "just the worst offenders."
History says you shouldn't.
¹ Nicole Rosenthal, "Inside the $1K 'speed limiter' that would pump the brakes on reckless drivers under proposed NY state bill: 'We can save lives,'" New York Post, November 12, 2025.
² Ibid.
³ Ibid.
⁴ Ibid.
⁵ Ibid.
