Mildly Infuriating

I suppose the older I get the more I can get behind this, similar to interlock devices for people that can't control their drinking, I would imagine the offender would have to pay for it or lose their license. I know it seems crazy to force people to stay within the speed limit, but fining and tickets don't work for some people.

Both options are potentially bad for low-income earners. If you force them to pay for a speed limiter they lost the money for that, which they might not able to afford. If you take away their license they will have difficulty getting around and might lose their job.

So from that perspective the speed limiter might be the less dangerous choice.

Yup the rich will get around it by hiring a driver and paying them to speed. Or just swapping to one of their other cars that is not limited.

In the UK, you can get your license revoked for speeding. You can lose your license if you’re going a lot over the speed limit. If you’re going a bit slower you can get 3 or 6 points and if you get more than 12 points you also lose your license.

It doesn’t seem to do a huge amount to discourage speeding in my experience.

Oh, my heavens, a THIRD PARTY! /s

Yes, these devices cost money to produce, install, and operate. Don't want to pay for one? Stop breaking the law.

You can't pay to not lose your license, that's not how it works at all.

You should go sit in criminal court for a day.

The reality is many jurisdictions just don't enforce such things very well - there are many cases around the country of people getting their 3rd, 4th, 5th DUI and not losing their license or worse as the law is defined.

And those are often as not, not "rich people".

Frankly judges see so much worse crime in their courts constantly that I think they're hesistant to jail someone who is a mostly functional member of society compared to 90% of everyone else coming through their court.

Then there's also the plea-bargaining process: prosecuting attorneys are directed to plea-bargain pretty much all cases to expedite the case load - courts are largely overwhelmed. I've seen guys in chains accused of multiple violent assault felonies (like assaulted multiple people in one go) plea bargain down to a fucking misdemeanor.

Again, go sit in criminal court for a day and you'll see what I mean - it's eye opening.

This is why the governor's policy will work well. It let's drivers stay on the road until they've been caught with many infractions. It's a very different story when you take someone's license away after a few speeding tickets versus taking their license away after a few speeding tickets, then several months of well-documented continued speeding incidents every time they drove. Losing your license has serious consequences in modern society, but my sympathy for dangerous drivers has a limit.