Kendall Brandt
•7/1/2026
Law enforcement agencies across the Gulf Coast have arrested more than 450 drivers for excessive speeding in the first year of Florida's "Super Speeder Law."
The law, enacted last year, makes speeding more than 100 miles an hour or 50 over the speed limit an automatic trip to jail rather than a ticket.
From chasing down a motorcycle reportedly going 114 mph in Collier County to stopping a car reportedly traveling 102 mph in a 55 mph zone with a 3-year-old in the back seat in Lehigh Acres, deputies, troopers, and officers have been cracking down on dangerous driving.
"It's a lot of people just trying to get to where they need to get to, but not enough caring about the people around you," said Cody Radi of Lehigh Acres. "Just literally right here on this road here on Colonial, I've seen, at least in the last week, probably about four crashes in the morning, early morning, back to back to back every day."
To save lives, Florida Highway Patrol troopers have used techniques like spinning out speeding vehicles to remove them from the road. FHP has charged 333 people with super speeding in the area, while the Lee County Sheriff's Office has stopped nearly 75 drivers, some going 50 mph over the limit and others exceeding 100 mph.
"At those speeds, you can't control it and stop it in time," said Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno. "We see these unfortunate accidents all across the state. So, it's important to know that America is celebrating 250 years, but the speed limit's not 250."
Reckless driving doesn’t just lead to arrests; it can also impact auto insurance rates. Cindy Palmquist, an insurance agent with The Thompson Agency, said that stricter enforcement of speeding laws could help lower insurance costs.
"Having the laws in place, you know, the police being diligent about enforcing those laws, and people obeying them, but definitely have a positive impact on the rates in our area and throughout Florida," Palmquist said.
When informed about the number of drivers arrested for super speeding, Radi said he wasn’t surprised.
"It doesn't because a lot of people are going 100 or they're going 80 in a 40 or 50," Radi said. "Me personally, I'm trying to get to work. Everyone's trying to get to work, but there's definitely no exception to be going 100 mph when the speed limit is 45 or 50."
