>> AN 18 YEAR-OLD DRIVER TURNED ONE OF OUR BUSIEST ROADS INTO A RACETRACK. OVERNIGHT, HITTING 101 MILES PER HOUR. JUST BEFORE THE CAPE CORAL BRIDGE. POLICE SAY HE WAS TRYING TO RACE A MOTORCYCLE IN A 35 MILE PER HOUR ZONE. AND WHEN THEY PULLED HIM OVER, HE CLAIMED HE DIDN’T REALIZE HE WAS GOING QUITE THAT FAST. GULF COAST NEWS REPORTER KENDALL BRAND IS LIVE FOR US ALONG CAPE CORAL PARKWAY. DANGEROUS JOYRIDE TO AN AND THE >> PEOPLE WORKING AND LIVING NEARBY TOLD ME THEY OFTEN SEE PEOPLE FOR WIND DOWN THIS PART OF CAPE CORAL PARKWAY EAST RIGHT BEFORE THE CAPE CORAL BRIDGE. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHY CAPE POLICE SAY THEY FOUND JOBEAN ROAD DOING WHEN A COP STOPPED HIM GOING. 66 MILES OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT. >> PEOPLE IN CAPE CORAL. WE’RE NOT SURPRISED TO HEAR A DRIVER LATE 18 YEAR-OLD CHILDREN GROW WAS GOING 101 ON CAPE CORAL PARKWAY AT 01:00AM SOMETHING TO BE DONE. I FEEL LIKE I HIS FIRST OFFENSE AND NOT BUT THE LAW SHOULD DO SOMETHING WITH THEM. THAT’S A MESSAGE THAT WANT TO TOLERATE. CAPE CORAL POLICE PULLED GREW OVER ON CAPE CORAL PARKWAY JUST BEFORE THE BRIDGE. WE LET THEM KNOW OBVIOUSLY THAT HIS SPEECH WAS INCREDIBLY RECKLESS AND HE SEEMED TO INDICATE THAT HE DIDN’T THINK HE WAS GOING 101. HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING 80. >> 80 MILES PER HOUR. JUST NOT MAKE IT BETTER. ANY DRIVER GOING OVER 100 OR 50 MILES OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS ARRESTED UNDER A NEW SUPER SPEEDER LAW. CAPE POLICE SAYS THEY’VE ARRESTED AT LEAST 12 SUPER SPEEDERS SINCE THAT LAW WENT INTO EFFECT IN JULY. DRIVERS LIKE CARLOS WORDS SAY THEY’RE NOT SURE THE NEW LAW WILL STOP THEM. CRIMINALS GOING TO BE CRIMINALS. THE FOR THE LAW BY SAYS CRIMINALS DON’T CARE. >> THEY WILL STILL BREAK THE LAW. >> COURT RECORDS SHOW THAT GROW WAS ALSO TICKETED 2 TIMES IN SEPTEMBER FOR CARELESS DRIVING AND SPEEDING
Teen accused of driving more than 100 mph on Cape Coral Parkway
Updated: 8:08 PM EST Jan 14, 2026
18-year-old Joden Grote was arrested in Cape Coral after being clocked at 101 mph, more than 60 miles over the speed limit, just after midnight on Cape Coral Parkway East. He was stopped less than a half a mile before the Cape Coral Bridge. Drivers expressed relief that no one was hurt. Some residents were surprised by the incident. “I won’t see it, but, you know, obviously, it’s happening,” said Bronson Layton of Cape Coral. Others, like Carlos Ward, were less shocked. “Criminals going to be criminals. The laws are made for the law-abiding citizens,” Ward said. “The criminals don’t care. They’ll still break the law.”A new law passed in July makes it a misdemeanor for drivers to exceed 100 mph or go 50 mph over the speed limit. According to the Cape Coral Police Department, Grote is at least the twelfth driver arrested under this new rule. “We let him know, obviously, that his speed was incredibly reckless, and he seemed to indicate that he didn’t think he was going 101. He thought he was going 80,” said Officer Mercedes Simonds with the Cape Coral police. “80 miles per hour does not make it better.”Ward expressed relief that Grote was stopped and hopes for consequences. “I’m glad he got caught because he didn’t get caught, he’s going to do it again, and somebody would get hurt,” Ward said.Grote has been stopped by Cape Coral police before, having been ticketed in September twice for careless driving and speeding.DOWNLOAD the free Gulf Coast News app for your latest news and alerts on breaking news, weather, sports, entertainment, and more on your phone or tablet. And check out the Very Local Gulf Coast app to stream news, entertainment and original programming on your TV.
CAPE CORAL, Fla. —
18-year-old Joden Grote was arrested in Cape Coral after being clocked at 101 mph, more than 60 miles over the speed limit, just after midnight on Cape Coral Parkway East. He was stopped less than a half a mile before the Cape Coral Bridge.
Drivers expressed relief that no one was hurt. Some residents were surprised by the incident.
“I won’t see it, but, you know, obviously, it’s happening,” said Bronson Layton of Cape Coral.
Others, like Carlos Ward, were less shocked.
“Criminals going to be criminals. The laws are made for the law-abiding citizens,” Ward said. “The criminals don’t care. They’ll still break the law.”
A new law passed in July makes it a misdemeanor for drivers to exceed 100 mph or go 50 mph over the speed limit. According to the Cape Coral Police Department, Grote is at least the twelfth driver arrested under this new rule.
“We let him know, obviously, that his speed was incredibly reckless, and he seemed to indicate that he didn’t think he was going 101. He thought he was going 80,” said Officer Mercedes Simonds with the Cape Coral police. “80 miles per hour does not make it better.”
Ward expressed relief that Grote was stopped and hopes for consequences. “I’m glad he got caught because he didn’t get caught, he’s going to do it again, and somebody would get hurt,” Ward said.
Grote has been stopped by Cape Coral police before, having been ticketed in September twice for careless driving and speeding.
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