Florida, home of the infamous “Florida man” stories, is in the middle of a crackdown. Refuse a breathalyzer for a first-time DUI? That’s a second charge. Super speeder? Better add jail time to your schedule. If you needed any indication of how serious the Sunshine State is about making its roads safer, a Florida man will spend at least 20 days in jail for his triple-digit speeds. 

Police near Orlando say a Florida man accelerated from 95 mph to 120 when they tried to stop him

A man was driving 95 mph on SR 417 in Seminole County, Florida, when police noticed his speed. Now, 95 mph isn’t just too fast for that stretch of Floridian highway; it’s faster than any posted speed limit in the United States. Needless to say, the cops tried to pull him over. 

According to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida man wasn’t having it. He accelerated to 120 mph. Considering speed limits reach around 70 mph on SR 417, the super speeder exceeded the speed limit by at least 50 mph.

Under Florida’s new “Super Speeder” law, which went into effect this July, excessive speed can land a driver in jail, no questions asked. The law states that any motorist who exceeds the posted speed limit by 50 mph or drives faster than 100 mph is subject to stricter penalties. 

In this Seminole County case, the Florida driver managed to break both super speeder criteria. And with 20 days of jail ahead of him, it’s clear that the authorities don’t take that sort of speed lightly. The driver is one of the first cases to result in jail time under the state’s new excessive speeding law.

That said, accelerating to 120 mph just as the police attempt to stop you would likely constitute a failure to stop and “eluding” police. In Florida, fleeing from the police when they try to pull you over is often a third-degree felony, per Roger P. Foley Law. That could mean up to five years in prison.