So, before we had minimal prosecution, and little belief from drivers that speeding is a bad thing.  Now, we have a little more prosecution, and still little belief from drivers that speeding is a bad thing.  Yay?

I couldn't find any reporting that said what the speed limit was.

Less than 81 mph, I hope.

Digging into a bit, it happened somewhere on Truinfo Canyon Road, and the speed limit signs I found there say 45 mph -- and even that seems high from what I can see of the road on google street view.

My 2023 car has a visual warning for this.  It's a nice feature -- the camera catches speed limit signs and displays it on the dash for me, and flashes if I exceed it by an amount that I can configure.

Not that I need it to remind me that maybe 81 mph is too fast for any road with a crosswalk.

In any event, what I find more amazing is that she was charged and convicted of murder ... and without DWI charges, though an earlier article mentions that she had a single margarita.  Progress?

TIME reports that she was doing 81 mph.  I couldn't find any reporting that said what the speed limit was.

I'm reminded that recently CA floated the idea of requiring cars to audibly notify the driver if they were driving X miles over te speed limit.  100% of the reader comments about that article were negative, how it would be an imposition on their supposed "freedom".  Like I always say, things won't get safer until we change drivers' hearts and minds, and clearly that's not gonna happen any time soon.