A SPEEDING driver is facing jail time and a $500 fine after being caught flying past a cop at a blistering 116mph.
The desperate motorist offered dozens of baffling excuses with police refusing to accept any of them and carting her off to jail.
The motorist offered a slew of bizarre excuses for her speeding[/caption]
Super speeder law
Under Florida’s new “super speeder” law the driver could be facing down jail time and massive fines.
The new laws give officers discretion to send drivers to jail if they are caught speeding at 100mph or more.
Drivers can also be caught out under the new rule if they are spotted going 50mph faster than the posted speed limit.
A pit bull bit my son
One super speeder was caught doing 116mph by a stern trooper who hauled her off the road and put her behind bars.
WFTV Channel 9 featured the clip of her arrest as they went over all of the super speeder’s that had been caught since the law was implemented.
Despite Kiara Molina Rushi’s tears and excuses the driver was forced to face the consequences of her actions.
Footage of the crying 28-year-old sitting in the front of a cop car shows the string of bizarre excuses she offered up in a desperate bid to escape justice.
The driver claimed she had gotten a call that her son had been bitten by a pit bull.
She claimed that the Florida Highway Patrol officer could have given her a ticket instead of bringing her in.
Unbothered by Kiara’s protesting the officer decides to take her in under the new super speeder law regardless.
Other cases
Kiara is just one of more than 70 people to have been charged under the new law.
A massive 49 people were caught out going at or over 100mph, about half of these were in Volusia County.
A further 22 people were snared going 50mph over the posted speed limit.
Another driver was shockingly caught doing 120mph and when detained and questioned he claimed he thought the cop was racing him.
Drivers caught speeding at 100mph or more can be taken to jail under the new laws[/caption]
Troopers managed to catch a young 20-year-old who hit a blazing 135mph on the I4 in Longwood.
Topping off even that another motorist was caught doing an unbelievable 155mph and charged under the super speeder law.
Punishment
Most of the drivers caught out under the new law post a $500 bond quickly.
Any motorist caught under the super speeder laws are made responsible for towing costs and vehicle impound fees.
Kiara’s case is set to be heard in late September in Orlando.
How to fight a speeding ticket
According to a legally reviewed post, there are five effective strategies to fighting a speeding ticket if it was wrongfully issued.
- If pulled over and issued a ticket, drivers can argue or dispute a driver’s personal opinion. When issuing a speeding ticket, an officer is required to write their opinion and come to an “objective” conclusion. If the ticket was written based on that judgment, it can be contested. An example would be if you were going 75 mph in a 65 mph zone because others were traveling at the same speed, you could argue that it would be more dangerous to travel at 65 mph.
- You can dispute the officer’s presentation of evidence. If you were ticketed for something like running a stop sign or making an illegal u-turn, you can’t contest that if an officer saw you, but you can call things into court like eyewitnesses, diagrams, or photos.
- Argue that the ticket was issued by a “mistake of fact.” This is tricky, but a “mistake of fact” is a mistake made by a driver about a situation that was beyond their control, or if a driver legitimately did not know they were violating the law. For example, you were driving in two lanes because the lane markers were so worn down that you could not see them.
- You could say circumstances justified your driving. You could say you were speeding to pass a possibly drunk driver, or avoiding an accident by rapidly changing lanes. However, the argument won’t work if there’s proof you continued to speed after passing.
- Similar to the above, it could be argued that speeding was necessary to avoid harm. The key is to argue that if you weren’t speeding, you or someone else could have been harmed.
- Consult a traffic attorney, if all else fails. Many have free consultations to decide whether or not there’s a case.
Source: FindLaw
