[ggreer]

E-bikes have a speed cap so they don’t get classified as motorcycles, which would require insurance, registration, and extra licensing to use on public roads.

The problem with dynamic speed caps is that they fail in very dangerous ways. If you’re on a freeway but your GPS thinks you’re on a residential street, you’re suddenly going much slower than surrounding traffic.

A simpler solution would be to actually enforce traffic laws. It’s only a tiny fraction of drivers who endanger the public. The sooner we identify them and get them off the road, the safer we’ll be.

[forgotusername6]

There are insurance providers in the UK that fit black boxes that work using GPS to check you are following the speed limit. They offer you a lower rate if you obey the law. There are numerous cases of this technology not working and people's policies being cancelled as a result. You couldn't ever attach a limiter to such a system, it would be far too dangerous.

[FrankoDelMar]

This exists in the US as well. In a situation where you need to make emergency maneuvers where you’re likely accelerating or decelerating quickly? Opps, your premium just went up.

[acdha]

> A simpler solution would be to actually enforce traffic laws. It’s only a tiny fraction of drivers who endanger the public.

I don’t know where you live but in every city I’ve visited that fraction is close to half, and for certain behaviors like not stopping for a stop sign or turn on red it’s like 95%.

With regards to speed, I think a lot of this could be addressed by having the vehicle do something like turn off the sound system and play a warning that you’re exceeding the limit when you do more than a certain percentage over for more than a short time. That’d take the fun out of it and interfere with someone’s Zoom call while still allowing them to ignore it if there’s some GPS bounce or something while leaving the freeway.