A Georgia deputy caught a driver going 172 mph on an Atlanta highway ahead of Memorial Day weekend. That was fast enough, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, to cover about the length of a football field in well under a second. The deputy was able to get the vehicle to stop.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office posted the radar reading on its Facebook page as a warning ahead of the holiday. It picked up traction quickly with the high speed highlighted. The debates about what kind of car could even get to 172 mph in the first place did as well.
The vehicle in question was a Dodge Durango. The 172-mph reading puts the SUV well past the threshold Georgia’s “Super Speeder” law, much like Florida’s. It also pushed the speeder into a category where reckless-driving charges and more serious consequences become possible…