Deuter to Showcase Intelligent Speed Assistance Technology

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –

State Rep. Marti Deuter, D-Elmhurst, is partnering with Families for Safe Streets, an advocacy group that fights the preventable epidemic of traffic violence, to demonstrate Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) as she promotes her proposed Intelligent Speed Assistance Program. The event will be held Wednesday, April 8, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., at the Illinois State Capitol Grounds by the West Entrance of the Stratton Building. Intelligent Speed Assistance is a dynamic system similar to a speed limiter that limits a driver’s speed relative to the posted limits, with the system automatically adjusting the limit as the posted limit changes.

Deuter’s House Bill 4948 would create the Intelligent Speed Assistance Program, which aims to offer a more equitable and responsive solution to excessive speeding. Drivers with two or more convictions of excessive speeding within a 12-month period—such as driving 60 miles per hour on a residential street with a 30 mile per hour limit, or driving more than 100 miles per hour on an interstate with a 70 mile per hour limit—would be required to install Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) in their vehicles as part of the program.

Drivers who repeatedly exceed the speed limit at dangerously high speeds, known as ‘super speeders,’ make up a disproportionate number of fatal crashes. However, research shows that standard enforcement measures, such as the revocation of a driver’s license, does not stop people from driving or from speeding at dangerous levels.

Who: State Rep. Marti Deuter, Families for Safe Streets.

What: Intelligent Speed Assistance technology showcase & demonstration.

When: Wednesday, April 8, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

Where: Illinois State Capitol grounds, West Entrance of Stratton Building (See map)