Speeding is the number one factor in traffic fatalities in Virginia, accounting for 49.5% of all traffic deaths in 2023. There were 25,274 speed-related crashes, 449 deaths and 13,474 injuries. Advocates and a group of safety partners has written to the Chair of the Highway Safety and Policy Subcommittee in support of HB 2096. The bill would allow judges to require drivers convicted of reckless driving, racing, and people who have their driver’s licenses suspended for speeding to install and use technology that limits a motor vehicle’s speed based on the applicable speed limits and obtain a restricted driver’s license. The legislation also would require people convicted of driving in excess of 100 miles per hour to utilize the speed limiting technology with a restricted driver’s license. Read the full letter here.