---
title: "Nissan Altima Driver Given 90+ MPH Speeding Ticket, Stopped Again Minutes Later for Doing 103"
description: "A Nissan Altima driver in California racked up two speeding tickets for 90+ and 103 mph in 11 minutes on Monday."
date: "2019-02-27"
modified: "2019-02-27"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/26652/nissan-altima-driver-given-90-mph-speeding-ticket-stopped-again-minutes-later-for-doing-103"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Altima"
  - "Nissan"
  - "sedan"
---

# Nissan Altima Driver Given 90+ MPH Speeding Ticket, Stopped Again Minutes Later for Doing 103

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Watch out, [speeders of Texas:](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/17282/181-in-a-75-here-are-the-20-fastest-speeding-tickets-in-texas-in-2017>) There's a wheelman in California trying to stake a claim to the fastest state in the nation. On Monday, a California Highway Patrol officer ticketed the driver of a Nissan Altima for doing over 90 mph on I-580 outside San Francisco, who responded by putting the hammer down and scoring themselves a 103-mph speeding ticket just 11 minutes later.

A CHP trooper out of the agency's Dublin Area unit pulled over the silver 2014 Nissan Altima around 12:30 pm on Monday after he clocked it going over 90 mph in a 65-mph zone in the Altamont Pass. That's around a $500 ticket. Undaunted, the driver sailed west with a Columbian vigor, only to be stopped 11 minutes later for doing 103 mph on the very same road. Maybe they thought [the California Autobahn](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/26554/california-might-add-lanes-with-no-speed-limits-to-major-highways>) was already a go?

Both tickets reach into reckless driving territory as defined by California law (15 mph over the posted speed), while the second triggers enhanced penalties under state law for exceeding 100 mph on a public road. The driver could eventually face a short stint in jail, a license suspension, and an additional $500 fine. Still, they're lucky they got to keep their car—maybe the second officer figured the one-two punch was message enough.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1100145566720307201

"If you get a ticket at 12:30 for 90+ would you speed up so you get another ticket by a different Officer at 12:41?" [CHP Dublin Area posited on Twitter.](<https://twitter.com/CHPDublin/status/1100145566720307201>) "Don’t worry, this person is consistent as the second ticket was for 103 mph!"

Don't worry, denizens of California. If you thought the Golden State didn't have a chance at toppling Texas as the fastest speeders in the land, know that there's a gritty Nissan Altima driver out there pounding the pavement, doing the work, [determined to bring the title home.](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/1054/the-rules-of-professional-speeding>)

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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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