Driver behavior based adaptive speed limiting due to fault and/or enablement of a speed limiting driving mode

An adaptive speed limiting system comprising:

• a propulsion system configured to move a host vehicle;
• a vehicle control module configured to i) at least one of detect a fault in the host vehicle and enable operation in a driving mode during which a maximum speed limit is imposed, and ii) at least one of limit output torque of the propulsion system and speed of the host vehicle based on a current maximum speed limit;
• and
• a speed limiting module configured to i) based on at least one of the detected fault and operation in the driving mode, initiate adaptive speed limiting to impose the current maximum speed limit to change driving behavior, ii) determine a plurality of speed limit windows having respective speed ranges, iii) determine an average speed of the host vehicle, and iv) based on the average speed and the plurality of speed limit windows, periodically decrease the current maximum speed limit until the current maximum speed limit is equal to a target maximum speed limit.