Dear Families for Safe Streets community,
We’re thrilled to share exciting updates from our Stop Super Speeders campaign. This movement is gaining traction nationwide as we push for stronger laws to prevent chronic, dangerous speeding and protect our most vulnerable road users. Speeding remains one of the leading causes of traffic deaths, and it’s especially deadly for seniors, children, pedestrians, and cyclists.
This week, we released a new white paper outlining how states can take bold action by requiring Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) technology for high-risk drivers. ISA helps vehicles stay within posted speed limits, reducing deadly crashes and saving lives. The report provides a clear policy roadmap for states ready to lead the way in ending chronic speeding. We’re also excited to introduce a new one-page resource—a concise, easy-to-share overview of how ISA works and why it’s essential for saving lives. This tool is perfect for sharing with legislators, community partners, and the media as we build momentum for change.
Our advocacy is already making a difference. More than a dozen states are expected to introduce or advance Stop Super Speeders bills in the coming year, following the groundbreaking example set by New York State, which introduced the nation’s first ISA legislation for repeat speeders. The District of Columbia, Washington State, and Virginia have already passed similar legislation, demonstrating growing national momentum to hold dangerous drivers accountable and make our roads safer for everyone.
This week on a Stop Super Speeders Roundtable, attended exclusively by state elected officials from Utah, Kansas, Arizona, Tennessee, Connecticut, Washington, Idaho, Iowa, Wisconsin, New York, Michigan, New Jersey, California, Ohio, Maine, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana and Missouri, we heard from passionate leaders and experts driving this movement forward nationwide.
Amy Cohen, FSS Founder & President, and Lori Markowitz, an FSS member from Washington State who was instrumental in the bill’s passage there, urged legislators to introduce and champion Stop Super Speeders bills in their own states. Participants shared lessons learned, strategies for building support, and their commitment to advancing meaningful legislation in the months ahead—reflecting the growing bipartisan momentum to tackle chronic speeding and implement proven solutions like Intelligent Speed Assistance to save lives.
We invite all FSS members, policymakers, and supporters to read the white paper, use the one-pager in your outreach, and continue championing policies that slow drivers down and save lives. Together, we’re turning grief into action—and action into lasting change.
Check them both out at familiesforsafestreets.org/safe-vehicles. |
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Families for Safe Streets Releases White Paper Calling for Nationwide Action to Stop “Super Speeders”
New policy blueprint outlines life-saving use of Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) technology to curb dangerous repeat speeding and save lives |
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NEW YORK, NY — Nov. 5, 2025 — Families for Safe Streets (FSS), a national advocacy organization composed of people personally impacted by traffic violence, today released a new white paper as part of its Stop Super Speeders campaign. The report details an evidence-based solution to one of America’s most persistent traffic safety challenges: chronic, high-risk speeding.
According to the National Safety Council, more than 44,000 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes in 2023—an average of 123 deaths every day. Speeding contributed to nearly 12,000 of those deaths, making it a leading cause of preventable tragedy on U.S. roads.
“Traffic violence is not inevitable—it’s the result of policy choices,” said Amy Cohen, Founder and President of Families for Safe Streets. “We know who the most dangerous drivers are, and we have the technology to stop them. This white paper shows lawmakers exactly how to do it.”
The FSS white paper, Stop Super Speeders: Using Intelligent Speed Assistance to Save Lives, outlines a clear, actionable policy framework for states to require active Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) technology for high-risk drivers—those with repeated, documented speeding violations or other dangerous driving histories. The report urges lawmakers to adopt state and/or local Stop Super Speeders legislation that applies this proven tool to the most dangerous drivers, while ensuring equitable implementation and robust data-privacy protections.
ISA uses GPS, digital maps, or road sign recognition to determine a roadway’s speed limit and can actively prevent a vehicle from exceeding it. Unlike traditional enforcement, which occurs after a violation or harm has occurred, ISA proactively prevents dangerous speeding in real-time—reducing crashes, injuries, and deaths before they happen.
The white paper serves as a comprehensive policy blueprint for state and local leaders, offering guidance on integrating modern technology, such as ISA, with existing licensing and speed enforcement systems, ensuring robust privacy and data protections, and implementing strategies to ensure effective and equitable adoption.
This modern, targeted, and bipartisan approach is already gaining momentum, with states like Virginia, Washington State, and the District of Columbia having passed groundbreaking ISA legislation, and additional bills under consideration nationwide. Dozens of other states are expected to introduce ISA bills during the upcoming legislative session or reintroduce measures from the previous session—including ongoing efforts in New York, California, Maryland, and Arizona.
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This policy blueprint is compelling because it is shaped by individuals who have firsthand knowledge of the consequences—families who have lost loved ones and crash survivors who have turned their grief into action—ensuring that the model legislation reflects lived experience, urgency, and accountability. Families for Safe Streets has been a driving force behind the ISA movement, transforming what was once a theoretical safety tool into a moral and policy imperative. Since launching the Stop Super Speeders campaign in 2023, FSS has united families of victims, safety advocates, and policymakers in a growing national effort to end reckless speeding and save lives.
“Every day we delay action, more families lose loved ones to preventable crashes,” said Lori Markowitz, a Families for Safe Streets member who lost her son Josh when a driver traveling over 100 miles per hour on a residential street in Los Angeles struck and killed him. “I successfully fought for this bill to pass here in Washington State, where I live, and now I want California to take action too. No parent should have to endure this kind of loss when we have the tools to stop super speeders and save lives.”
As part of this growing momentum, Families for Safe Streets founder and president Amy Cohen, along with Lori Markowitz, will be featured in an exclusive legislative roundtable with bill sponsors from Arizona and Washington State on Wednesday, November 5, at 9:30 a.m. PT / 12:30 p.m. ET. The event is designed for elected officials interested in introducing ISA legislation or learning more about its life-saving potential.
To read the full white paper or learn more about the Stop Super Speeders campaign, visit familiesforsafestreets.org/safe-vehicles. ### |
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