What’s Going On With So Many Iowa Drivers Going 100+ MPH?

Why are so many Iowa drivers getting busted for speeding over 100 miles per hour?

Over the last few years, it appears that the number of people being busted for going at excessive speeds is out of control in Iowa.

According to KCCI in Des Moines, the number of Iowa drivers caught speeding about 100 mph has skyrocketed.

A large number of Iowans are getting caught driving over 100 miles per hour...
In 2018: 730
In 2019: 659
In 2020: 1,497
In 2021: 1205
In 2022: 1,112
In 2023: 1.119

Some of the excuses for speeding include:

“I need to use the bathroom.”
“I just bought this car, I wanted to go out and see how fast it would go.”
“I'm late for a homecoming dance.”

The fastest speeding ticket ever recorded in Iowa was for a guy traveling 188 mph in a 70 mph zone.

Council Bluffs, Iowa resident James Foldenauer holds the record as the fastest convicted speeder in the state.

Police first tried to stop Foldenauer who ran through a construction zone at 89 mph in August 2009.

Foldenauer didn't stop instead he kicked things up speeding dangerously in and out of traffic on his bright orange 2003 Suzuki Hayabusa.

He outran police but wasn't counting on the Iowa State Patrol airplane in the sky.

James Foldenauer was sentenced to spend 45 days behind bars and also do 163 hours of community service.

That equals one hour for every mile over he was clocked over the speed limit.