Making the streets safer: Cap the speeds of dangerous drivers

Making the streets safer: Cap the speeds of dangerous drivers

A violent felon shouldn’t be allowed to own a gun. A Level 3 registered sex offender shouldn’t be able to work at a day care. And by the exact same logic, someone who’s proven chronically unwilling or unable to abide by the rules of the road shouldn’t be allowed to get behind the wheel of a car — which is a deadly weapon when driven irresponsibly. American freedoms, which are worth defending, have never extended to the ability to actively endang…

Virginia judges will soon be able to order reckless drivers convicted of exceeding 100 miles per hour to install speed limitation technology in their vehicles. Under HB2096 law, the Intelligent Speed Assistance Program, presented by Arlington delegate Patrick Hope, a Democrat, a judge may require a driver who has been convicted of reckless driving and who has driven more than 100 miles per hour, to install a speed limiter, as an alternative to s…