Advocates has sent letters to both the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety and the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government in support of Senate Bill (SB) 659/Assembly Bill (AB) 655 that would require intelligent speed assistance (ISA) device use by specified repeat reckless driving offenders.
In 2023, 583 people were killed in traffic crashes in Wisconsin, a 15 percent increase since 2014. Fatalities involving speeding increased 10 percent from 2014 to 2023, and speeding is a factor in nearly one-third of the state’s traffic fatalities, killing 185 people in 2023.
ISA is technology that can identify the speed limit in real time and limit the speed of vehicles exceeding the specified threshold, which in this bill’s case is the posted speed limit. This technology is urgently needed because excess speed contributes to both the frequency and severity of motor vehicle crashes and proves especially dangerous for vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, bicyclists and roadside first responders who lack the protective structure of a vehicle.