Your lead foot can send you right to jail if you are speeding more than 50 miles over the speed limit. Effective July 1, 2025 law enforcement are no longer limited to simply giving you a citation and sending you on your way. The new dangerous speeding statute allows officers to arrest a driver who is speeding more than fifty miles over the limit and requires a mandatory court appearance. Linked below are the two statutes that can apply to the Speedy Gonzales driver. The driver can spend up to 30 days in jail and pay up to $500 in fines or both for just the first offense. And when I say driver, I don’t mean just the adult driver. I also mean the juvenile ones. It has been reported that 38,361 crashes in Florida were related to speeding or aggressive driving. That equated to 437 deaths and more than 1,200 incapacitating injuries. You can also lose your driver’s license for up to a year. Small tip, slow down. See the Tampa Bay article below.