JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 It has been just under 300 days since Florida\u2019s \u201cSuper Speeder\u201d law went into effect. The law criminalizes driving 50+ miles per hour over the speed limit or 100+ miles per hour.<\/p>\n
Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office released a video on social media<\/a> Tuesday stating that it has cited 46 \u201cSuper Speeders\u201d since the law began on July 1, 2025. The video shows Jacksonville Officer Chavez citing drivers for violating the law and even making an arrest.<\/p>\n >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n The excuses the drivers made didn\u2019t work. \u201cI was just trying to get home,\u201d one man said. \u201cMy grandmother is in the hospital and I was trying to get to her,\u201d a woman said.<\/p>\n \u201cMa\u2019am, you\u2019re going to the Duval County jail,\u201d Chavez told one of the drivers whose license was suspended.<\/p>\n Another officer remarked to Chavez his disbelief about how fast a person was driving. \u201c120 in a 55?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah,\u201d Chavez replied. \u201cHe was cookin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n Super speeders, be warned. \u201cSpeed kills. Hitting triple digits on your speedometer is not a game or a joke, it\u2019s a crime,\u201d the JSO social media post states.<\/p>\n The first offense for violating Florida\u2019s super speeder law carries up to 30 days in jail and $500 in fines, with mandatory court appearances, while the second offenses within five years can result in 90 days in jail, $1,000 in fines, and license revocation for 180 days to 1 year, according to Florida Statute 316.1922<\/a>. <\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 It has been just under 300 days since Florida\u2019s \u201cSuper Speeder\u201d law went into effect.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[639,104334,28,116,118,117,634],"class_list":{"0":"post-233739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-duval_county","9":"tag-duval_county_jail","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","13":"tag-jacksonville-news","14":"tag-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}