Nebraska troopers stopped 8 100 mph speeders last weekend

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Lt. Kaleb Bruggeman of the Nebraska State Patrol remembers a sure visitors cease years in the past, one that also races via his thoughts.

“I imagine the very best pace I ever had was simply exterior of Lincoln, between Lincoln and Waverly, I imagine it was an Audi doing 142 miles an hour,” he mentioned. “I keep in mind that at present. I took an image of my radar as a result of it was a kind of that you’ll always remember.”

However at present, these extreme speeds aren’t almost as memorable as a result of they’re taking place increasingly more.

In 2020, the patrol noticed a rise in speeders going over 100 mph.

In that yr, there have been over a thousand rushing citations given to these going triple digits. That quantity nonetheless hasn’t fallen to pre-pandemic ranges.

In 2021, there have been about 850 citations.

And this yr already, over 350 citations have been given to speeders topping 100. Eight of these had been over this previous weekend.

A motorbike was clocked going 145 mph in a 65 mph zone Tuesday in Omaha.

The state patrol says one other bike was clocked touring 122 mph on Interstate 80 close to Odessa on Sunday.

It’s a pattern that troopers are very involved about.

“Effectively, anytime somebody goes that quick, it simply will increase the danger for all the pieces,” Bruggeman mentioned. “Their response time is a lot decrease and the time it takes them to cease. After which there may be visitors round them that’s not anticipating them to be driving 100 miles per hour.”

The excessive speeds might proceed as we head into summer season.

During the last 5 years, extreme rushing has elevated over the summer season months, based on knowledge supplied by the patrol.

“I feel we’re averaging 65 citations a month, after which in the summertime, it’d go as much as 75 a month,” Bruggeman mentioned.

There is no such thing as a particular motive for the rise in extreme rushing. However one concept is that much less visitors through the pandemic made it simpler for speeders to place the pedal to the metallic.

However speeds like which have penalties.

Relying on the circumstances, the state patrol mentioned there’s a likelihood that somebody going that quick might be arrested.

The patrol has been inserting troopers in sure areas of concern to cease the harmful dashers.

“Now we have not too long ago been beginning to do selectives round building zones as a result of pace with building, it’s only a recipe for catastrophe,” Bruggeman mentioned.