NEW YORK CITY — The "Stop Super Speeders" bill will be in included in the state budget and will New York City to crack down on repeat reckless drivers.
The legislation, initially introduced by State Sen. Andrew Gounardes, would require drivers with 16 speeding tickets in a single year to have a speed limiter installed on their car, automatically limiting their vehicle to within 5 mph of the speed limit of any given road.
"While we still have more details to iron out, I feel fairly optimistic that we’ll get to a final agreement to enact a super speeder program for NYC," Gounardes told Gothamist.
The bill is part of the overall $268 billion budget agreement announced on Thursday. It comes more than a month after the April 1 budget deadline. Lawmakers had to approve seven extensions in that time.
Details on how the program would be administered have not been released.
In March, advocacy groups Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets, called lawmakers to pass the bill.
They released a report exposing the city's top 10 "super speeders," drivers with the most reckless driver receiving more than 200 tickets last year.
The report found that the worst drivers on the list were caught on school zone speed cameras an average of 179 times each, at least once every other day.
According to the analysis, the worst super speeder in the city received 259 tickets and paid over $60,000 in fines — but is still able to drive on city roadways.
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