I follow the electric car market closely, which these days means mostly Tesla. So I see a lot of Tesla news articles. Periodically there are some that get me wondering. There was one about 5 years ago where a guy stole a Tesla from a dealer and was careening thru city streets at over 100 MPH before eventually crashing into another car, splitting in half, while killing himself and inuring 5 or 6 other innocent victims.
But this isn't really about Tesla or even electric cars in general (although there are a lot of electric cars coming on the market capable of really high speeds).
It's more about the future of Tech in cars and safety. These days with how smart cars are, and how advanced products like Google Maps are, I wonder why we can't simply put electronic governors on cars to limit their speed to 20 MPH over the posted speed? I can't imagine a scenario where you need to go more than 20 MPH over speed limit.
These days cars are almost considered computers on wheels, it should be pretty easy to implement.
On a non-compulsory basis, if I was an insurance company, I'd certainly be willing to offer discounts to drivers who agreed to limit speeds ever lower, like 10 MPH over the posted speeds.