A few weeks ago, I had to make a drive up to Salt Lake City and while the posted speed limit for most of us is more of a guideline, it surprises me when people shoot by me like a bullet on that stretch of highway. I was running with the pack just above the limit when we were all passed by a car that was flying. I often wonder how people know there aren’t any state troopers there when they do that. When I go a little above the limit, I see someone from the law enforcement community watching almost every time.  Utah is seeing a record number of drivers being caught doing more than 100 mph over the last year.  

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I looked up speeding tickets and found some shocking numbers across the US. For Utah, the fastest speeding ticket I found was 148 mph on I-215 that goes around Salt Lake City. I’ve been on I-215 but since it is a circle around Salt Lake City, it’s a curve. And you did 148?!!! With other cars around? That might be the state record but it’s not the fastest in the US.  

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In Texas, someone driving a Koenigsegg CCR was clocked at 242 mph in a 75 mph zone. That’s gonna be hard to explain. I’d heard radar guns didn’t measure anything over 200 mph but that just got proven wrong. If you want to see a Koenigsegg, here you go. https://www.koenigsegg.com/ They look speedy. 

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Just south of us in Nevada, Aaron Snider has the record for 155 in a 65. Somehow the ticket was reduced to a non-moving violation. What? Who is HIS lawyer?  

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North Carolina had a stunner when William Jefferson got his Dodge Challenger Hellcat up to 198 mph in a 40 mph zone ...in full view of a state trooper.  

Hecter Fraire seemed to be in hurry and led police on a chase in Oklahoma at 208 miles per hour. At one point while trying to get away, he turned off his headlights. Michigan grabbed a guy doing 180, Oregon’s fastest was 159. Vermont grabbed a guy doing 112 but the odd thing was that the driver was on his way to court for a hearing ...on a speeding ticket.  

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Let’s all be careful and slow down. The other thing that has proven to be even more dangerous is distracted driving. Stop texting, put down the phone and watch the road.  

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