PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – Florida Highway Patrol arrested a Pasco County man for street racing on the Gandy Bridge on Friday around 11:06 p.m.
A FHP Trooper on patrol along the Gandy Bridge saw a 2013 Nissan GTR traveling westbound behind a group of motorcycles.
The driver slowed to 40 MPH, then rapidly accelerated to over 100 MPH despite the 55 MPH speed limit.
The Trooper overtook the Nissan and arrested the driver, Joshua Daniel Scuddy, 27, of Holiday for racing.
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Scuddy’s vehicle has been impounded for 30 days per statute and he was delivered to the Pinellas County Jail.
The motorcycles were not able to be stopped, troopers say.
In October 2022, Florida law was enacted to curtail the dangerous rise in street-racing incidents on Florida roadways.
Section 316.191, Florida Statutes outlaws racing on streets and highways, street takeovers, and stunt driving, as so defined in the statute. The law bans unsanctioned drag racing, street takeovers, drifting, wheelies, burnouts, and donuts.
Cars, trucks, motorcycles, ATVs and other wheeled vehicles are prohibited from participating in any “street takeover, stunt driving, race, speed competition or contest, drag race or acceleration contest, test of physical endurance, or exhibition of speed or acceleration on highway, roadway, or parking lot.”
This criminal activity, which endangers the general public and prohibits law enforcement and first responders from aiding actual emergency and non-emergency events, will not be tolerated.
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