{"id":232911,"date":"2026-04-09T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/after-deadly-crashes-states-move-to-stop-super-speeders-with-in-car-technology\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T12:31:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T16:31:50","slug":"after-deadly-crashes-states-move-to-stop-super-speeders-with-in-car-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/after-deadly-crashes-states-move-to-stop-super-speeders-with-in-car-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"After deadly crashes, states move to stop ‘super speeders’ with in-car technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

After deadly crashes, states move to stop ‘super speeders’ with in-car technology<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-04-09 12:14:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: thenationaldesk.com<\/a><\/p>\n

(SOA) \u2014 <\/span>A growing number of states are cracking down on some of the most dangerous drivers on the road \u2014 so-called \u201csuper speeders,\u201d repeat offenders who push far beyond the limit \u2014 with a new kind of penalty: technology that can physically stop them from speeding.<\/p>\n

The push comes as victims and safety advocates warn that extreme speeders are responsible for a disproportionate share of deadly crashes.<\/p>\n

Deborah O\u2019Garro-Kelly knows that reality firsthand.<\/p>\n

She and her husband were walking to the post office when a driver struck them in a Washington, D.C., crosswalk in a school zone. She survived. Her husband, Alton, who was legally blind, did not. Investigators say he was dragged 900 feet \u2014 the length of three football fields \u2014 before the driver sped away.<\/p>\n

It took 10 months before he was arrested and charged with, among other things, reckless driving: going at least 20-miles an hour over the speed limit, or showing conscious disregard for the safety of others. <\/p>\n

\u201cI just feel numb. I feel like I’m in the world, but I feel numb. I feel like this man stole my life,\u201d said O’Garro-Kelly.<\/p>\n

The couple had been married for four and a half years, but had known each other since she was 17. She described her husband as someone who made people laugh and feel special.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s sad that a human being could get ran over like they a piece of trash. And I wish I could have saved my husband,\u201d she said through tears.<\/p>\n

O’Garro-Kelly was unconscious after the crash. She suffered broken bones in her back, pelvis, right leg and left hip. She spent a month in the hospital and has undergone four surgeries, with more ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt changed my life tremendously. I was a healthy person. I worked. I went from one medication to nine different medications,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Traffic safety advocates say cases like O’Garro-Kelly\u2019s are not isolated incidents.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne in every four fatal crashes involves speeding,\u201d said Cathy Chase, president of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety.<\/p>\n

Chase said a…<\/p>\n

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