Hello everyone and happy 2010. As you may have already heard, the state of Georgia implemented the new “Super Speeder Law” at the start of this new year. Under the law, titled HB160, speeding drivers are considered “high-risk” and are targeted in an effort to reduce the number of speed-related deaths in the state.

In Georgia, there is one speed-related death every day on average, and over 20% of all the motor vehicle fatalities last year were due to speeding drivers. With every ten miles per hour that a driver travels above 50 mph, crash forces double on impact. It has even been said that speed can be much more dangerous than DUI-related accidents on roadways.

The new Super Speeder Law, which took effect January 1, 2010, fines an additional $200 state fee to any driver convicted of traveling over 75 mph on a two-lane road, or traveling over 85 mph anywhere in the state. Failure to pay the fee will result in a license suspension and an additional $50 fee. These fees are tacked on to bulky fines already imposed by local jurisdictions for speeding violations.

Not only is the law intended to lower the amount of speeders and speed-related accidents, but fees collected under the law will go strait to Georgia’s trauma care hospital system, where over half of the patients are typically victims of motor vehicle accidents.

I encourage Georgia drivers to learn more about the new law and other safety regulations by visiting the official Georgia Super Speeder Law website which can be accessed by clicking on the link.