Yes, the speed governors would be GPS-based, like they are for e-scooters. You'd be limited to going the speed limit of whatever road you're currently on.
Given how excellent my Model 3 wasn't at determining the speed limit of the freeway near me, let's not. If you want people to slow down, there are effective ways to design roads that work better than arbitrary speed limits.
This is more of an indictment of Tesla than anything else. And if governors were actually required then they would come with a good open access source of data with updated speed limits on all roads.
Design roads to the speed. Too many of our roads (US) are wide, open, and "trick" drivers into going faster than necessary.
Things that can help reduce speeds:
- narrower lanes
- less shoulder/median space
- trees, bushes
- traffic circles instead of red/yellow/green signals
- various curbing arrangements
Blindspots like bushes and shrubs only REDUCE SAFETY. People can't see the cars, cars can't see the people. Probably 70% of the cars will slow down, making it even more dangerous with a false sense of security among pedestrians.
Since pedestrians don't have signaling apparatuses, the only way to share the parts of the road that must be shared is to clearly see everyone.
Common example I'm used to seeing is narrowing of the roads and causing a slight bend at various points to essentially 'force' you to slow down. It's not technically causing you to slow, but you feel much more comfortable going slower when transitioning through the calmed area. No speed enforcement needed... just some small changes to the road.
Yeah, poorly worded. Tree/vegetation work to slow traffic on straight portions without intersections. You wouldn't want them at intersections with pedestrians/bikes.
