{"id":223641,"date":"2026-05-07T18:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/223641\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:55:08","slug":"nyc-super-speeders-face-crackdown-mandatory-speed-limiters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/223641\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC \u2018super speeders\u2019 face crackdown, mandatory speed limiters"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALBANY \u2013 Lead-footed Big Apple speed demons are being put on notice as state lawmakers and Gov. Kathy Hochul clear the way for a program that would allow authorities <\/a>to install speed interlock devices on their rides.<\/p>\n

After receiving 16 tickets from automated cameras within a year, authorities can install a speed limiter on the vehicles of offenders under the so-called \u201csuper speeders act\u201d being included in the final state budget deal,<\/a> Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday.<\/p>\n

\"HeavyThe speed limiter provision is being added to the final state budget
\n Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n

\"ASuper speeders will face stiff penalties if they get more than 16 automated speeding ticket in a year. Christopher Sadowski<\/p>\n

\u201cNew York is putting these super speeders on notice. You will not flout our laws and you\u2019ll not endanger children, pedestrians and other drivers who deserve to feel safe on our highways,\u201d Hochul told reporters while announcing a \u201cgeneral agreement\u201d <\/a>on the state budget Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

She called such offenders \u201ccallous\u201d and said she was particularly proud of the deal struck with the legislature on the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople shouldn\u2019t be terrified to push a baby stroller down the street,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

While the details of how the program will operate are yet to be released, Hochul and her staff confirmed to reporters that it would only be implemented in New York City, though all drivers would be subject to the restraints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALBANY \u2013 Lead-footed Big Apple speed demons are being put on notice as state lawmakers and Gov. Kathy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[426,57,9,56,63,65,64,54177,10485,4281,58],"class_list":["post-223641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-speed-cameras","tag-speeding","tag-state-budget","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}