Can you install a governor on a 2010 Prius?

I wouldn’t modify the car in any way as it is not the problem. It’s the driver that is putting other lives endanger that should be corrected instead.

 

I think you might do better getting alerts from a teen-tracker like this one

 

Interesting app.

Still, I think I'd just confiscate the keys for a goodly while.

 

Fairly certain they have phone apps you can get that come with device that plugs into OBD2 port so parents can monitor their kid's driving in real time. But if I had a kid who got a triple digit speeding ticket in a car that he borrowed from my wife he would't be borrowing her car anymore. And it's not just the speeding ticket, it's the fact that if that's the only thing he got caught for, think of all the other kind of stupid he's probably doing with that car as well.

 

At least he isn't Al Gore's son, who got ticketed for fully triple digits with chemical enhancement, in an older/slower generation Prius. The whole nation got to hear about that one.

Speed is already limited electronically by the ECUs (internal computers). Does anyone know if Techstream or Carista have an ability to lower the setpoint?

 

As in forever. Driving is a privilege, and he has abused that privilege. The shoe leather express should give him a fresh perspective.

 

Wouldn't it just be easier, and cheaper to NOT let him drive YOUR cars??????

 

MOST male children are/were guilty of violating traffic laws. Take the keys for a time you determine adequate, make HIM pay the fine and make HIM pay the jack on insurance rates.

 

That was the old days. Today, things are more equal opportunity.

 

He was discussing his Son...so I stayed on topic.

 

Hmm, now where was that Fuel Economy Curve posted months back. What was the Gas Mileage at 100mph. I believe there is some drop off.

 

2010 traveling at close to 100 mph? Give him a few more opportunities like that and you won't have to worry about him going any speed. He'll either crash it or the engine will blow. Pray that no one gets hurt.

 

Easier solution - confiscate the keys and make him get his own car and insurance.

Problem solved. Or if not, then it's not your problem anymore.

 

As others have said, if he wants to drive fast do it in his own car. My first car barely got to 90mph and the whole thing shook like crazy and sounded like it was trying to attempt a take-off. Frankly it was embarrassing enough that I didn't use the speed unless I really wanted to. I paid for my own car, registration, and insurance working part time essentially flipping burgers as a HS kid.

I don't know where in the country you are, but limiting it to 75mph is somewhat dangerous if you decide to drive out West like Colorado, Utah, or Texas specifically. The speed limit is 75mph to 85mph in places. Which means traffic truly does move at triple digit speeds often. My Gen-2 travels on a part of the interstate system often where I am cruising in the right lane at 90mph and being passed continuously. When I want to drive in the passing lane, I am usually going 100mph+. Normal flow of traffic. We have constructions zones that are lowered to 75mph... Temporary concrete barriers a few inches from the end of the lane, poor road markings, bumps, etc.

Driving fast is definitely a teen thing, but it's not necessarily bad. If you want a more creative solution, try for track days. Sometimes you just have some energy you want to get out and it comes out on the commute to school and back. But if you can wait for the weekend where your cool dad takes you to a race track and really lets you rip the tires to pieces, you can expel the energy in a constructive way.

Learning to drive professionally is also key. High speed driving is not necessarily bad. But being so easily able to do it with no training, can be very bad. If he has the need for speed and nothing will help, the best thing is to teach him how to drive properly while driving fast. Race track driving with professional instruction is key. Go to an obstacle course and slip-skid-pad for training too. High speed maneuvering is not like low speed driving.

 

Just because everybody else is going triple digits doesn’t mean you have to. I’ve driven those states frequently and have never needed to exceed 80 mph, and usually cruise at 75 mph in the right lane, even with an 80 or 85 mph speed limit. No impeding traffic flow, no drama, no problems.

 

The problem is, he lacks self discipline. Which is the parents responsability to teach him.
Personally, I would not let him drive. He won't hurt himself, they rarely do, they hurt innocent people.
His mommy should drive him where he needs to go. So his friend can see him, and make fun of him.
That will teach him.
Or he can walk or ride a bicycle.

 

Time to buy him his own 2020 Corvette. He will be the coolest kid in school with babes all over him. Plus its built for speed and if you go with the ZR1 package 200mph is doable. Tickets wont stick to that ride.

Pixel 3a XL ?

 

Does what you want for some cars, sadly not a Prius.

i pulled out to pass a Combine doing about 45 MPH , and discovered it was 5 of them in convoy. I was doing 95 MPH by the time I got back in my lane.


If you are thinking "Why would that be so slow?" notice that it steers with the rear wheels.


I also vote for a OBDII logger, I will be interesting to hear his excuses.

 

He's well past that point. Regardless of any excuses, he should be hoofing it. Abuse the driving privilege, lose the privilege.