CALIFORNIA STATE – Most people drive at approximately the speed limit. Perhaps you go a bit over, and call this “speeding.”
If you see a California Highway Patrol car behind you, you’ll probably sweat a bit and slow down to the speed limit!
But for a certain class of California driver, “speeding” has a totally different definition….
According to a post from the California Highway Patrol, officers stopped and cited almost 3,000 people who were speeding. No big news story there.
What’s interesting is that among those, 92 people were caught traveling over 100 miles per hour.
That’s insane! And some were presumably going far over 100mph, treating our local roads as their own personal version of the Autobahn.
In California, driving over 100 mph is treated differently than a typical speeding ticket. Under Vehicle Code 22348(b), it is an infraction with penalties that can include a fine up to $500 for a first conviction and a possible license suspension of up to 30 days; repeat convictions can bring higher fines and longer suspensions.
Starting in late 2025, California launched a joint DMV-CHP pilot program called FAST (Forwarded Actions for Speeding Tickets). Under FAST, when CHP cites a driver for speeding more than 100 mph, the citation is automatically referred to the DMV Driver Safety Branch for review, and the DMV can decide whether to take action (including suspension or revocation) independent of the court process.
That means more ultra-fast speeders are likely to have their licenses taken away, at least for a time.
Overall, CHP says that same enforcement window also produced:
- Six fatal crashes in CHP jurisdiction
- 9,308 enforcement actions
- 5,458 citations issued
- 379 DUI arrests
- 2,972 speeding citations total
If you’re among the speeders–and certainly the ultra speeders–whether or not you got caught this season, CHP has a message for you: “slow down.”
