Over one year later, and the Sunshine State’s “Super Speeder” law has already netted around 5,000 citations across the state, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The law in question — HB 351 — went into effect on July 1, 2025, and it establishes a new criminal offense under state statutes: “dangerous excessive speeding.”

More specifically, the offense refers to situations where drivers:

• Go at least 50 mph over the speed limit
• Speed at 100 mph or more in a way that threatens the people or property around them

While reckless driving was already a crime in the state of Florida, courts have already held that simply speeding too much doesn’t necessarily count.

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In addition, speeding itself was generally considered a noncriminal traffic infraction, punished primarily with fines.

As a result, HB 351 makes it so that excessive speeding is an arrestable offense. This is in addition to any applicable fines for speeding.

Under this law, someone who commits “dangerous excessive speeding” can be punished as follows:

• Upon a first conviction
• • Up to 30 days in jail;
  • A fine of $500; or
  • Both
• Upon subsequent convictions
• • Up to 90 days in jail;
  • A fine of $1,000;
  • Both
• Upon subsequent convictions within five years
• • Revocation of his/her driving privileges between 180 days to a year

Last week, News 6 reached out to the FHP for the data after the law kicked off.

A spokesperson told News 6 that as of Aug. 24, 4,964 citations have been issued, including arrests.

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