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AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Five days in jail for 15 mph: how America's first speeding sentence landed in 1904

A Rhode Island judge handed an unnamed driver the nation's first jail sentence for speeding in August 1904, for the reckless act of driving 15 miles per hour. Judge Darius Baker looked at the motorist in front of him and decided the man behind the wheel deserved five days behind bars. The offense: piloting an […] The post Five days in jail for 15 mph: how America's first speeding sentence landed in 1904 appeared first on American Almanac .

A Rhode Island judge handed an unnamed driver the nation's first jail sentence for speeding in August 1904, for the reckless act of driving 15 miles per hour. Judge Darius Baker looked at the motorist in front of him and decided the man behind the wheel deserved five days behind bars. The offense: piloting an early automobile at a speed most joggers can match today. No one was hurt. No property was damaged. The driver simply moved too fast for a country still getting used to the idea that machines could replace horses. The sentence, as documented by The Sun , marked the first time an American court put someone in a cell for driving over the speed limit. The driver's name has been lost to history, and the specific Rhode Island city where…Open

YOUTUBE (Newsmax) - Booze-fueled joyride ends in handcuffs | Jason Mattera Reports

NEWSMAX Crime Correspondent Jason Mattera has the latest on the Florida mother accused of speeding at 120 mph with her toddler in the backseat, open alcohol bottles, and marijuana in the car, while allegedly leaving her 10-year-old child home alone.

NYTIMES (Nate Schweber) - Everyone Knew Them on the Block. Then a Friday Ritual Ended in Tragedy.

The group of friends had used the same corner on the Upper West Side to unwind for years. By the end of the night, two people would be dead after a speeding S.U.V. drove into a crowd.

ABCNEWS - Eagles' Nolan Smith Jr. arrested for driving nearly double the speed limit in Georgia

Philadelphia Eagles edge rusher Nolan Smith Jr. was arrested in Georgia last week on suspicion of speeding and reckless driving

NYTIMES (Stefanos Chen) - A Way to Slow Down ‘Super-Speeders’ Who Keep Breaking the Law

City and state officials want speed-limiting devices installed in the cars of drivers who get more than 16 speeding tickets in a year, in hopes of preventing injuries and deaths.

YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Police use k-9 to find suspect after fleeing a crash scene

A K-9 officer helped authorities track down a man who police say hid in the woods after a crash. He's now accused of evading responsibility, driving under the influence, interfering with an officer, and traveling unreasonably fast. #Officer #DUI #Crash #K-9 NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans. Find us online: https://www.newsnationnow.com/