OCOEE, Fla. – A driver was caught driving at 100mph last month, resulting in a charge under Florida’s “Super Speeder” law, according to the Ocoee Police Department.
In a release on Tuesday evening, police said the incident happened shortly before 4 a.m. along West Colonial Drive.
Now, the driver — whose identity was not released — is facing charges of dangerous driving and street racing.
“When we got two cars going over 100 (mph), there are homeless people walking up and down this road,” an officer can be heard saying on body-camera footage. “If he — but the second he kills somebody, that’s when y’all are going to be like, ‘Damn, bro.’"
The Super Speeder law (HB 351) established a new criminal offense under state statutes last year: “dangerous excessive speeding.”
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More specifically, the offense refers to situations where drivers:
- Go at least 50 mph over the speed limit
- Speed at 100 mph or more in a way that threatens the people or property around them
HB 351 also makes it so that excessive speeding is an arrestable offense. This is in addition to any applicable fines for speeding.
Under this law, someone who commits “dangerous excessive speeding” can be punished as follows:
- Upon a first conviction
- Up to 30 days in jail;
- A fine of $500; or
- Both
- Upon subsequent convictions
- Up to 90 days in jail;
- A fine of $1,000;
- Both
- Upon subsequent convictions within five years
- Revocation of his/her driving privileges between 180 days to a year