Speed-limiting devices could be coming for reckless U.S. drivers in these states

Get the Full StoryStudies show almost 75 of the people who lose their licenses get behind the wheel anyway.

A teenager who admitted being addicted to speed behind the wheel had totaled two other cars in the year before he slammed into a minivan at 112 mph 180 kph in a Seattle suburb, killing the driver and three of the five children she was transporting for a homeschool co-op.After sentencing Chase Daniel Jones last month to more than 17 years in prison, the judge tacked on a novel condition should he drive again: His vehicle must be equipped with a device that prevents accelerating far beyond the speed limit.Virginia this year became the first state to give its judges such a tool to deal with the most dangerous drivers on the road. Washington, D.C., already is using it and similar measures await governors signatures in Washington state and Georgia. New York and California also could soon tap the GPS-based technology to help combat a recent national spike in traffic deaths. It s a horror no one should have to experience, said Amy Cohen, who founded the victims advocacy group Families for Safe Streets after her 12-year-old son, Sammy Cohen Eckstein, was killed by a speeding driver in front of their New York home more than a decade ago.

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