CALIFORNIA – The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) on December 22 announced a new joint pilot program aimed at curbing excessive speeding and reducing deadly crashes on state roadways.
According to CHP, each month, officers issue roughly 1,600 citations to drivers traveling more than 100 miles per hour. In 2024 alone, CHP issued more than 18,000 such citations.
To address the issue, CHP recently deployed low-profile, specially marked patrol vehicles on high-risk, heavily traveled roadways.
The new initiative, called Forwarded Actions for Speeding Tickets (FAST), brings together the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to impose swifter administrative consequences on drivers cited for extreme speeding.
The pilot supports California’s Policy on Road Safety, a statewide strategy to reverse rising traffic fatalities.
‘Driving over 100 miles per hour is a reckless choice’
Under the FAST pilot, every driver cited by CHP for exceeding 100 mph will have their citation automatically forwarded to the DMV’s Driver Safety Branch, regardless of their prior driving record.
The DMV will review each case along with the driver’s history to determine whether further action is warranted, including possible license suspension or revocation.
The administrative review may proceed independently of any court proceedings.
The program builds on the DMV’s existing Driver Safety Branch enforcement efforts and its Negligent Operator Treatment System (NOTS) partnership with CHP.
CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee said driving over 100 miles per hour is a reckless choice that endangers everyone on the road.
“This new program delivers swift consequences to keep dangerous drivers off California’s roadways before their actions cause irreversible harm,” Duryee said.
Speeding accounts for 32% of traffic deaths in California
Speeding continues to be a major contributor to traffic deaths in California, accounting for 32% of all fatalities statewide.
CalSTA says the FAST pilot draws on research showing swift and certain penalties deter high-risk driving.
The DMV will evaluate the program by comparing citation and outcome data to the same period last year.
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