---
title: "Man Arrested for Driving 112 MPH Told Police He Did it ‘For Snapchat’"
description: "Play stupid games, win stupid prizes."
date: "2017-07-24"
modified: "2017-07-24"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/12813/man-arrested-for-driving-112-mph-told-police-he-did-it-for-snapchat"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Crime"
  - "police"
  - "reckless"
  - "snapchat"
  - "speeding"
---

# Man Arrested for Driving 112 MPH Told Police He Did it ‘For Snapchat’

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Here's a hot tip: if the police pull you over for doubling the speed limit, you're probably going to jail. Being honest and forthright in your answers about *why* exactly you felt the need to drive so recklessly isn't liable to spare you a night in the clink. And sometimes, it can backfire into a spiral of internet infamy.

Late Tuesday night, police in Alpharetta, Georgia [spotted a black 2015 Dodge Charger move into the left lane and accelerate rapidly away from traffic](<https://www.ajc.com/news/local/fulton-man-tells-cops-drove-112-mph-for-snapchat/81QNwo61pmkMFqvH9ZAcRM/>) on State Route 400, and a radar reading on the car showed it was traveling at approximately 112 miles per hour. Officers quickly caught up and pulled over the driver, a 24-year-old named Malon B. Neal.

Here's where the fun begins. When police asked Neal if he knew how fast he was traveling, Neal replied that yes, he did, and he was doing it ["for Snapchat."](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/4523/tip-dont-snapchat-yourself-committing-grand-theft-auto>) In case you've never used [the photo-and-video-sharing app,](<https://www.thedrive.com/start-finish/12435/formula-one-signs-deal-with-snapchat>) one of the available filters layers a speedometer (using your phone's GPS) over your disappearing missives. Hopefully that little "112" on Neal's phone screen was worth getting charged with reckless driving and having his car impounded.

This is kind of funny, but also deadly serious. Last year, five people including an innocent mother and two of her children were killed in Tampa [when 22-year-old Pablo Cortes caused a horrific car accident](<https://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/214192095-story>) after broadcasting a Snapchat video showing him accelerating to 115 miles per hour. But in January, a Georgia judge [dismissed a lawsuit](<https://www.cbsnews.com/news/snapchat-speed-filter-accident-lawsuit-claim-dismissed/>) against Snapchat over the speed filter brought by a couple who was seriously injured in another crash caused by a young woman attempting to hit 100 mph and record it using the app.

According to the *Atlanta Journal-Constitution*, Neal has since been released. Hopefully he's learned his lesson.

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## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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