Winter Haven Driver Learns Hard Lesson About Florida Speed Limits
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A 25-year-old Winter Haven resident, new to the area from Pennsylvania, found out the hard way that Florida takes speeding seriously. Jonathan Vicente was arrested Monday night after a deputy clocked his vehicle traveling at a blistering 104 mph in a 60 mph zone.
Polk County Deputy Sheriff Giroux was conducting traffic enforcement on US 27 near Peace Creek Park Road around 10:47 p.m. when he spotted an Acura sedan approaching at an extremely high rate of speed.
Radar confirmed the car’s excessive speed as it wove through traffic, rapidly changing lanes and passing multiple vehicles…