The Dougherty County Police Department says a few people lost their license and were later arrested for not paying the $200 "super speeder" fine
A new report shows nearly 116,000 Georgia drivers were cited as "super speeders"
ALBANY, GA -- A recent report shows that nearly $25 million worth of “super speeder” citations have been written since the Super Speeder Law went into effect in July 2009.
“We have had a few cases but I can't say it's been overwhelming,” says Capt. Tom Jackson with the Dougherty County Police Department.
While he says there have not been too many “super speeders” in Dougherty County Jackson says a few have not paid their fee yet; he says when drivers don’t pay their fee their license is taken away.
“We have placed a few people in jail due to their license being suspended for a super speeder,” says Jackson.
If a driver is pulled over for speeding, Jackson says they are issued the standard speeding ticket, then “once the ticket is processed, Atlanta actually determines who should be sent out a request for the super speeder fee,” he says.
According to the Super Speeder Law (HB160), the state tacks on an additional $200 fine for drivers convicted of speeding at 75 mph or more on any two lane road or 85 mph or more anywhere in Georgia.
“They (officers) are not specifically targeting people for that, but the thing about it is we stop people when they're speeding period, and unfortunately some of them do that excessive speeding. When they do that adds amount to those tickets,” says Jackson.
While speeding may cost you a fine, officers say they don’t want it to cost a life in an accident.
“If it takes them to take money out of your pocket that's an unfortunate side effect of it but sometimes that's the only way you get the message across to people to slow down,” says Jackson.
Learn more about the law on the Super Speeder Law website.
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