California speed limit alarm mandate: The Golden State's nickname should be The Nanny State given the number of top-down laws produced in the Democrat-dominated legislature. The latest is a bill that would require a speed limit alarm, which would be both auditory and visual, in new cars. It would be triggered should the car's speed increase more than 10 m.p.h. over the posted speed limit. One of the bill's supporters, State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Fransisco), stated, "Traffic fatalities have risen alarmingly in California and across the nation, with speeding being a significant contributor to this public health crisis." Therefore, the argument is that this would cut down on speeding. The problem is that it also infringes on people's freedom. Furthermore, as the California Senate noted, "In effect, the author is attempting to leverage the purchasing power of the state to create a new standard for nationwide industry; something the state has done several times before on subjects like regulating toxic compounds in products or establishing minimum living conditions for animals used to produce food products." In other words, this is not just aimed at California but at the entire nation. On that basis alone, it should be rejected.
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