The Dallas Morning News
By Sarah Bahari
11:59 AM on Apr 17, 2023 CDT

Texas is known for wide-open spaces — and apparently soaring speedometers.

The Drive, an automotive news website, published a list of the roughly 200 fastest speeding tickets in Texas in 2022, and some of the numbers are downright mind boggling.

One driver was clocked at a whopping 201 mph on Christmas Eve morning, and a Collin County driver was stopped last June for zipping by at 155 mph. Of the speeders, 25 were caught driving a whopping 140 mph or more, according to the publication, which obtained the data from the Department of Public Safety.

Last year clocked some of the fastest speeds since The Drive began tracking Texas speeding tickets in 2017.

“No surprise, speeds keep picking up,” the publication wrote. “This mirrors other reports and studies that show America’s roads are getting more dangerous in a post-Covid world, as tempers shorten, police resources are stretched, and people try to make up for lost time.”

Texas led the nation in traffic-related fatalities in the first nine months of 2022, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The state has also historically ranked high nationally for speed-related crashes, The Drive noted,

“To be clear: this isn’t a contest, and there are no winners,” the publication wrote. “Most people speed, sure, but going this fast on a public road is a monumentally stupid thing to do.”

Fastest speeding tickets in Texas in 2022

1. 201 mph in a 75 mph zone: 10:49 a.m. Dec. 24, I-10 in Gonzales County, 2018 Dodge Charger

2. 155 mph in a 70 mph zone: 7:26 p.m. June 19, Sam Rayburn Tollway in Collin County, 2022 Yamaha YZF

3. 150 mph in a 75 mph zone: 10:15 p.m. Feb. 21, I-69C in Hidalgo County, 2015 Dodge Charger

4. 150 mph in a 65 mph zone: 1:55 a.m. July 2, SH 228 in Brazoria County, 2016 Yamaha YZF

5. 150 mph in a 70 mph zone: 10:20 p.m. Oct. 31, President George Bush Turnpike in Dallas County, 2020 Chevrolet Corvette

6. 148 mph in a 55 mph zone: 12:12 a.m. Dec. 18, FM-723 in Ford Bend County, 2022 Chevrolet Corvette

7. 147 mph in a 65 mph zone: 1:14 p.m. March 13, US-180 in Parker County, 2012 Yamaha R1

8. 147 mph in a 65 mph zone: 7:32 p.m. April 15, Chisholm Trail Parkway in Tarrant County, 2022 Chevrolet Corvette

9. 147 mph in a 75 mph zone: 10:07 a.m. Dec. 4, I-635 Express Tunnel in Dallas County, Infiniti G35

10. 146 mph in a 65 mph zone: 3:22 p.m. Sept. 2, I-369 in Bowie County, 2019 Kawasaki ZX-10R

11. 145 mph in a 60 mph zone: 12:45 a.m. Jan. 13, I-30 in Tarrant County, 2019 Mercedes-Benz C-Class

12. 145 mph in a 70 mph zone: 10:59 p.m. April 6, President George Bush Turnpike in Denton County, 2007 BMW 335i

13. 144 mph in a 60 mph zone: 6:52 p.m. Dec. 22, US-380 in Collin County, 2023 Porsche Boxster

14. 143 mph in a 70 mph zone: Feb. 3, US-385 in Ector County, 2019 Dodge Charger or Challenger

15. 143 mph in a 55 mph zone: 7:22 a.m. Oct. 30, I-10 in Austin County, 2008 Infiniti G37

16. 142 mph in a 70 mph zone: 11:37 p.m. June 2, US-377 in Hood County, 2020 Dodge Charger or Challenger

17. 142 mph in a 60 mph zone: 11:37 a.m. June 6, I-20 in Midland County, 2022 Kawasaki ZX-6

18. 141 mph in an 80 mph zone: 10:19 p.m. Jan. 17, I-10 in Crockett County, 2020 Ford F-150

19. 141 mph in a 70 mph zone: 7:56 p.m. June 23, SH-300 in Upshur County, 2007 Honda CBR

20. 141 mph in a 70 mph zone: 7:59 a.m. July 2, SH-71 in Burnet County, 2016 Ford Mustang