Albany's nanny state just went full throttle on control freaks, but only the ones driving too fast.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and her Democrat cronies have cooked up the ultimate buzzkill for the city's worst gas-pedal psychopaths: If you rack up 16 or more speed camera tickets in a single year, get ready to have a government-mandated Intelligent Speed Limiter wired straight into your car's onboard computer.
That's right, Big Sister is watching, tracking, and choking your horsepower via GPS. The gadget will automatically cap your speed at the posted limit (plus a measly few mph wiggle room), no matter how badly you need to get somewhere. Refuse to cough up the $1,000 to $1,500 for the install? Your registration gets yanked after 45 days. No wheels, no freedom.
The "Stop Super Speeders Act" snuck into the massive 2027 state budget and is set to kick in about a year after Hochul signs off. It's billed as a NYC pilot program targeting chronic offenders — the clowns whose speeding machines are supposedly twice as likely to cause serious crashes. Supporters, including safe-streets warriors, are cheering it as a lifesaver. Critics? They're calling it the slippery slope to total surveillance.
Hochul didn't mince words: "If you don’t install it after 45 days, you lose your registration and you should not be on the roads if you don’t care whether or not you’re going to kill somebody."
Low-income lead-foots might get a handout for the pricey gadget, because heaven forbid the working stiff pays full freight for his own punishment. Meanwhile, the same Albany geniuses who can't keep violent thugs off the streets are laser-focused on your speedometer.
New Yorkers, already choking on taxes, migrants, and crime, now get their cars electronically leashed. Drive safe. or don't drive at all. The nanny state has spoken.
