ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 We are taking a look at how the new super speeder law, which went into effect on July 1, 2025, is having an impact on drivers and what it means.<\/p>\n
The law creates harsher penalties for very high-speed driving. Penalties are criminal and increase for repeat convictions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s two different types of occurrences. So the first one occurs on the interstate, any type of highway, if they\u2019re traveling over a hundred miles an hour and they pass multiple vehicles, persons or property and endangering those people. The other one is 50 miles an hours on any other roadway,\u201d said Corporal Walker Sims with the St. Johns County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
A first conviction carries up to 30 days in jail, a $500 fine, or both. A second or subsequent conviction carries up to 90 days in jail, a $1,000 fine, or both. A second or subsequent conviction within five years also triggers a driving-privilege revocation of at least 180 days and up to one year.<\/p>\n
Records show 63 charging affidavits have been submitted in St. Johns County for excessive speeding since the \u201cSuper Speeder\u201d law took effect in Florida last year. <\/p>\n
\u201cMost violators we\u2019re seeing right now are getting arrested because their violations are so egregious,\u201d said Sims.<\/p>\n
By comparison, records show zero charging affidavits for ordinary speeding in 2024.<\/p>\n
National Transportation Safety Board data from 2023 show Florida had 3,396 total traffic fatalities. Of those, 349 were classified as speeding-related \u2014 roughly 10% of the state\u2019s traffic deaths, according to the NTSB table.<\/p>\n
Deputies say they still try and use discretion. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf they\u2019re going to visit a family member who\u2019s sick or whatever it may be, then I might give them the criminal citation and have them appear in court. It\u2019s the same penalties at the end of the day,\u201d Sims said. <\/p>\n
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