PORT ST. LUCIE \u2014 A 25-year-old motorcyclist was arrested after police said he was traveling 110 mph in a 45 mph zone on a Port St. Lucie roadway.<\/p>\n
According to the Port St. Lucie Police Department, traffic officers conducting group traffic enforcement June 12 near Southeast Veterans Memorial Parkway and Southeast Port St. Lucie Boulevard observed a motorcycle traveling eastbound across the bridge at 110 mph in the posted 45 mph zone.<\/p>\n
The rider was identified as Alex Tatum, 25. Police said he was stopped and arrested on a charge of violating Florida Statute 316.1922, commonly known as the state’s “Super Speeder” law.<\/p>\n
The law makes it a criminal offense to operate a motor vehicle at a speed 50 mph or more above the posted speed limit.<\/p>\n
When asked why he was traveling at such a high rate of speed, Tatum told officers he was listening to music and was not paying attention to his speed, according to police.<\/p>\n
Police noted that a vehicle traveling 110 mph covers more than 160 feet per second, increasing the risk of serious crashes caused by driver error, road hazards or sudden traffic changes.<\/p>\n
Tatum was transported to the St. Lucie County Jail, and his motorcycle was towed from the scene.<\/p>\n
The Port St. Lucie Police Department said Florida’s Super Speeder law remains in effect and reminded motorists that excessive speeding can result in arrest rather than a traffic citation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE \u2014 A 25-year-old motorcyclist was arrested after police said he was traveling 110 mph in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-312396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312396","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=312396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}