Advocates wrote to the House Environment and Transportation Committee to urge the committee to advance Senate Bill (SB) 366 to establish an intelligent speed assistance (ISA) pilot program. Use of ISA by repeat offenders guilty of speeding, reckless driving and other specified offenses would be required to drive during license suspension or revocation. Installation of an ISA device would prevent the offender’s vehicle from speeding and is an alternative to license suspension which still allows driving for daily tasks such as taking children to school or going to work or medical appointments.
This legislation is timely and critical. In Maryland speeding is a major contributor to traffic fatalities as 30 percent of the fatalities in 2023 involved speeding and speeding related fatalities increased 40 percent from 2014 to 2023.
Read the full letter here.
We previously joined safety partners to express support for ISA in Maryland in early February (read the letter here).