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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is using a multivehicle collision in North Las Vegas‚ Nevada‚ which resulted in nine fatalities‚ to investigate technology to reduce speeding in new cars. The U.S. government investigative agency recommended a requirement for “intelligent speed assistance technology in all new cars.” Thus‚ the agency will use the actions of a few to collectively punish all Americans. “The board issued the recommendations Tuesday at a public board meeting after determining the crash was caused by excessive speed‚ drug-impaired driving and Nevada’s failure to deter the driver’s speeding recidivism due to systemic deficiencies‚ despite numerous speeding citations‚” the NTSB said in a press release this month. “Intelligent speed assistance technology‚ or ISA‚ uses a car’s GPS location compared with a database of posted speed limits and its onboard cameras to help ensure safe and legal speeds. Passive ISA systems warn a driver when the vehicle exceeds the speed limit through visual‚ sound‚ or haptic alerts‚ and the driver is responsible for slowing the car‚” the press release continued. “Active systems include mechanisms that make it more difficult‚ but not impossible‚ to increase the speed of a vehicle above the posted speed limit and those that electronically limit the speed of the vehicle to fully prevent drivers from exceeding the speed limit‚” it added. “This crash is the latest in a long line of tragedies we’ve investigated where speeding and impairment led to catastrophe‚ but it doesn’t have to be this way‚” said NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy. “We know the key to saving lives is redundancy‚ which can protect all of us from human error that occurs on our roads. What we lack is the collective will to act on NTSB safety recommendations‚” she added. Feds want speed reduction tech in every new car. "The NTSB concluded that intelligent speed-assist technology (ISA) should be standard equipment in all new vehicles"https://t.co/0HsiE0Ijvj — Marc Morano (@ClimateDepot) November 17‚ 2023 From the NTSB: Eliminating speeding through the implementation of a comprehensive strategy is a priority for the NTSB. In 2021‚ speeding-related crashes resulted in 12‚330 fatalities—about one-third of all traffic fatalities in the United States. In addition to ISA‚ the NTSB has previously called on regulators to revise regulations around speed limit guidance and increase the use of speed safety cameras. NTSB has also highlighted​ the need to improve data‚ laws‚ and enforcement to address drug-impaired driving. On Jan. 29‚ 2022‚ a 2018 Dodge Challenger entered an intersection near North Las Vegas‚ Nevada‚ against a red traffic signal with a vehicle recorded speed of 103 mph‚ causing a multivehicle collision with five other vehicles. Seven occupants of a minivan and the Challenger’s driver and passenger died as a result of the crash. The driver of the Challenger was determined to have been impaired by cocaine and PCP and had a history of multiple speeding offenses. As a result of the investigation‚ the NTSB is issuing eight new and one reiterated recommendation to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration‚ one new recommendation to states and one new recommendation to manufacturers. The NTSB listed the following recommendations. To NHTSA: Require ISA systems that‚ at a minimum‚ warn a driver a vehicle is speeding. Educate the public about the benefits of ISA. Update the guidelines for state highway safety programs to include identification and tracking of repeat speeding offenders. Develop countermeasures to reduce repeat speeding offenses. Conduct research and develop guidelines to assist states in implementing ISA interlock programs for repeat speeding offenders. Incentivize the adoption of ISA through‚ for example‚ the New Car Assessment Program. This recommendation is reiterated from a 2017 recommendation. To 50 states‚ the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia: ​Implement programs to identify repeat speeding offenders and measurably reduce speeding recidivism. ​To 17 car manufacturers: Install ISA in all new passenger vehicles that‚ at a minimum‚ warns drivers when a vehicle is speeding. To the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety: ​Evaluate the safety outcomes of marketing by auto manufacturers that emphasizes risky behavior‚ including speeding. The evaluation should compare vehicles based on engine size‚ power and performance and international approaches to marketing. Make the report publicly available. “The NTSB concluded that intelligent speed-assist technology (ISA) should be standard equipment in all new vehicles to prevent needless deaths. It's no longer enough‚ the agency argues‚ to rely on states to deter driver speeding and recidivism.” https://t.co/DKxd226Xgr — Urban Environmentalists IL (@UrbanEnviroIL) November 17‚ 2023 The NTSB recommendations present a classic case of government thinking it knows what’s best for your safety. Unironically‚ the opposite always occurs when government overreaches into the daily lives of Americans. More from The Federalist: While legal speed limits are capped at 85 mph in the U.S.‚ vehicles are designed to go far faster to allow safe passing and escape in emergency situations. The capacity to go faster also puts less strain on vehicles at lower speeds. The NTSB released the proposal weeks after the Republican House majority helped Democrats preserve their “kill switch” mandate for new vehicles earlier this month. All cars produced in 2026 and onward will be required to implement technology that can automatically disable the vehicle “if impairment is detected” after 19 Republicans joined Democrats to kill an amendment defunding the mandate. The NTSB’s ISA mandate‚ combined with the “kill switch” requirement embedded in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act‚ lays the groundwork for corporate and government access to monitor and interfere with personal movement. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) proposed an amendment to get rid of the ‘kill switch’ mandate earlier this month. However‚ 19 Republicans helped kill the amendment. UPDATE: 19 House Republicans Vote AGAINST Defunding ‘Kill Switch’ Mandate For New Vehicles

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The Great Uniter Joe Biden and wife Jill called into the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and spoke with NBC’s Al Roker‚ wishing America a Happy Thanksgiving. Biden said the country should come together. Jill spoke about “acts of kindness.” Ah‚ sweet. “We have to remind ourselves how blessed we are to live in the greatest […] The post The Great Uniter Trashes Half the Country for Thanksgiving Day appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

President Joe Biden claimed during a press conference on Friday that the reason Hamas terrorists murdered 1‚200 Israelis on October 7 was because he was getting ready to bring peace to the Middle East. The claim by Biden comes as chaos and war have broken out in many parts of the world under his administration as those who would seek to harm the West sense weakness from the administration. A reporter asked Biden what cooperation he was hoping to get from Arab leaders and what he was hearing from them when he talked to them. “I’m hearing a lot‚ but I’m not going to speak to it right now‚” Biden said. “There’s an overwhelming desire on the part of the region to — let me back up. I cannot prove what I’m about to say‚ but I believe one of the reasons why Hamas struck when they did was they knew that I was working very closely with the Saudis and others in the region to bring peace to the region by having recognition of Israel and Israel’s right to exist.” “You may recall when we did the G-20 a little while ago‚ I was able to get a resolution — a statement passed through there saying we’re going to build a railroad from Riyadh all the way through the Middle East into Saudi Arabia‚ Israel‚ et cetera‚ and all the way up to Europe‚ not the railroad‚ but it would be an underground pipeline and then railroad‚” he continued. “The whole idea is there’s overwhelming interest and I think most Arab nations know in coordinating with one another to change the dynamic in their region for a longer term peace. And that is what I’m going to continue to work on.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP WATCH: Biden: “I cannot prove what I’m about to say‚” but Hamas attacked Israel because I was very close to bringing peace to the region. pic.twitter.com/m8IfJvlivL — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) November 24‚ 2023

Iranian Minister of Cultural Heritage and Retired IRGC General Ezzatollah Zarghami said during an interview this week that he personally visited Hamas’ underground tunnels inside Gaza to teach them how to use Iranian rockets. The remarks come after there has been strong evidence linking Iran to Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attack when the group murdered 1‚200 Israelis. “Fajr-3‚ which is a 240mm rocket‚ was one of our products‚” he said during an interview in Iran. “Later‚ we made its warhead smaller and it had a range of 70 km. My first mission was to take this rocket — I say this with the utmost pride and with no fear of anyone — the leader has already said that we were helping (Hamas). We support the oppressed everyone — Shiite Hezbollah as well as Sunni Hamas. These are what (Khamenei) has declared in the past. I traveled to the region as the production manager of those rockets‚ and I supplied them to both Hezbollah and the Palestinians.” “For some time‚ I was inside the very same tunnels that they are fighting from‚” he continued. “Six or seven years ago‚ I posted about this and got the nickname ‘yellow canary.'” “In the tunnels‚ I provided training about the usage and specifications of the rockets‚” he said. “These training course were highly successful.” He said that while in the tunnel‚ he discovered that the terrorist group had canaries in cages and he thought that the birds were there to sing and to bring a sense of normalcy to the underground world. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP “The commander replied that the birds are not meant for singing‚ they are meant to be (oxygen) sensors in case the airflow is disrupted‚” he said. “If the airflow becomes weaker‚ the birds stop singing and drop dead. When the bird dies‚ we realize that there is a problem with airflow.” Iranian Minister of Cultural Heritage and Retired IRGC General Ezzatollah Zarghami: Iran Supplied Hamas and Hizbullah with Rockets; I Traveled to the Gaza Tunnels to Teach Them How to Use the Rockets #Hamas #Iran #Hizbullah @Zarghami_ez pic.twitter.com/arePa80jrd — MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) November 23‚ 2023