“Like Shooting a Gun Into a Crowd”: Just 10 Drivers Threaten 2.5 Million New Yorkers, According to New Data from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets
In 2025, the top 10 super speeders in New York State were caught by New York City’s school zone speed cameras an average of 179 times each, at least once every other day, with the most reckless driver receiving 259 tickets.
Since the number one speeder purchased their vehicle in mid-2023, they have been caught speeding by school zone speed cameras more than 1,000 times.
More than 2.5 million people live within a five-minute walk of an intersection where a top-10 super speeder was caught speeding in 2025.
NEW YORK – In 2025, the top 10 super speeders in New York State covered such an expansive swath of New York City with their reckless driving that more than 2.5 million New Yorkers live within a 5-minute walk of an intersection that these top 10 super speeders were caught blasting through, according to new data from Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets.
The worst super speeder in New York City received 259 tickets in the five boroughs and paid over $60,000 in fines — but they’re still free to speed wherever and whenever they’d like. The worst super speeder in 2025 was also the worst in 2024 — this vehicle has received over 1,000 speed camera tickets since it was purchased in mid-2023 and is still able to speed.
“These Super Speeders blast their cars and trucks through New York City’s neighborhood streets at deadly speeds every day, getting caught hundreds of times a year, undeterred. Together, their reign of terror touches almost every corner of the city. Some 2.5 million of us, including my family, live a stone's throw from this threat. It’s like someone shooting a gun into a crowd. It's time for Albany to act to slow these super speeders down and protect New York families,” said Ben Furnas, Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives.
“My daughter was killed by a reckless driver when she was crossing the street. I miss her every day,” said Darnell Sealy-McCrorey, a member of Families for Safe Streets. “We know that this especially reckless minority of drivers are undeterred by tickets, and we can’t sit by and wait for one of them to kill someone’s loved one. Albany must pass the Stop Super Speeders bill as part of the final budget to ensure these reckless super speeders finally slow down and stop terrorizing our neighborhoods.”
TA and FSS identified the top 10 super speeders — New Yorkers with the most school zone speed camera violations in New York State, many with hundreds more than the average driver — and the locations where they most frequently endanger New Yorkers’ lives.
These are the New York State drivers with passenger licenses who received the most speed camera tickets in 2025 — all of whom are eligible for speed limiting devices to slow their reckless driving under the Stop Super Speeders bill.
“The data shows that a driver with 44 speed camera tickets is 725 times more likely to kill or seriously injure a fellow New Yorker,” said Philip Miatkowski, Senior Director of Research and Policy at Transportation Alternatives. “Some of these drivers have hundreds more than that — it’s just a matter of time before one of New York’s most reckless drivers kills someone. Albany has the power to stop this before it happens, but the legislature needs to include the Stop Super Speeders bill in the final state budget.”
Top Takeaways:
In 2025, the top 10 super speeders in New York State each received an average of 179 speed camera tickets, with the most reckless driver receiving 259.
The worst super speeder in 2025 was also the worst in 2024, and averaged five tickets a week. This Audi A6 received 259 school zone speed camera tickets in 2025, including 38 at Ocean Parkway and Ocean Court, which was also their top intersection for tickets in 2024. Since being purchased in mid-2023, this vehicle has received more than 1,000 speed camera tickets – all in Brooklyn.
Fines are not deterring super speeders. The top super speeder has paid off more than $60,000 in fines, and four others have paid off all or a majority of their fines accrued over the years, ranging from $10,200 - $20,300 each. The other five have paid off little or none, and owe, on average, $19,400 each — a total of $97,000.
The police alone are not deterring most super speeders. Just three of the top ten super speeders in New York were issued any speeding-related moving violations by police in 2025. Each was issued just one speeding ticket, and they all continued to speed. For each NYPD-issued speeding ticket given to these ten vehicles in 2025, speeding cameras issued 597.
There are more than 2.5 million people living within a 5-minute walk of the intersections where the top 10 super speeders received speeding tickets in 2025. This includes more than 500,000 children, as well as 2,376 K-12 schools or childcare facilities, 30 hospitals and urgent care centers, and 88 nursing homes.
Nine of the top 10 super speeders are driving new cars purchased in the past five years. This includes a 2024 BMW 760i – which costs $122,000 new – and a 2023 Audi A6. Vehicles with the majority of their fines unpaid include a 2022 Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class and a 2017 Lexus IS.
Super speeders terrorize the same intersections over and over. The top ten super speeders received an average of 23 tickets at each driver’s top-most-frequented intersection – ten times as many tickets received at a single intersection as most speeders in New York receive citywide in a year. All of the top ten concentrate their speeding geographically, with an average of 87% of their speeding tickets occurring within a single borough. Half of these super speeders concentrate their speeding in Brooklyn, particularly in South and East Brooklyn. One super speeder in Manhattan received 101 speeding tickets on Broadway within a five-month period.
Top Ten “Super Speeders” and the Locations Where They Most Often Terrorize New Yorkers
A closer look at New York’s most reckless drivers reveals a clear indication of who is most likely to kill or seriously injure someone with their car, and where they are most likely to do it. The top ten super speeders in New York State keep their recidivism local, committing most of their violations in a concentrated area.
1. New York State plate #LCM8254
Vehicle: Black 2023 Audi A6
School Zone Speeding Tickets Received in 2025: 259
Total Fines Paid: $63,744.23
Total Fines Owed: $75
Borough Where Most Often Speeding: 100% Brooklyn (259 violations)
Intersection Where Most Often Speeding: Ocean Parkway and Ocean Court (38 violations)
2. New York State plate #LPY1138
Vehicle: Black 2017 Lexus IS
School Zone Speeding Tickets Received in 2025: 229
Total Fines Paid: $3,309.91
Total Fines Owed: $19,678.97
Borough Where Most Often Speeding: 86% Brooklyn (197 violations)
Intersection Where Most Often Speeding: Pennsylvania Avenue and Schroeders Avenue (13 violations)
*This vehicle received 7 tickets on 7/12/2025 and none since. The driver owes $19,678.97 in fines.
3. New York State plate #LCK7735
Vehicle: White 2023 Ram 1500
School Zone Speeding Tickets Received in 2025: 188
Total Fines Paid: $10,195.55
Total Fines Owed: $150
Borough Where Most Often Speeding: 98% Brooklyn (184 violations)
Intersection Where Most Often Speeding: Ocean Parkway and Avenue K (25 violations)
4. (tie) New York State plate #LTJ3931
Vehicle: White 2022 Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class
School Zone Speeding Tickets Received in 2025: 177
Total Fines Paid: $0
Total Fines Owed: $23,448.87
Borough Where Most Often Speeding: 84% Manhattan (149 violations)
Intersection Where Most Often Speeding: Broadway and West 68th Street (25 violations)
*This vehicle received 177 speeding tickets between April and September 2025 and none before or since. The driver owes $23,448.87 in fines.
4. New York State plate #LVP1921
Vehicle: Grey 2022 Chevrolet Malibu
School Zone Speeding Tickets Received in 2025: 177
Total Fines Paid: $0
Total Fines Owed: $18,549.27
Borough Where Most Often Speeding: 56% Queens (99 violations)
Intersection Where Most Often Speeding: Cross Bay Boulevard and Shad Creek Road (21 violations)
6. New York State plate #LFC3742
Vehicle: White 2022 Ram 1500
School Zone Speeding Tickets Received in 2025: 172
Total Fines Paid: $19,333.73
Total Fines Owed: $2,413.34
Borough Where Most Often Speeding: 99% Staten Island (171 violations)
Intersection Where Most Often Speeding: Richmond Terrace and John Street (35 violations)
7. New York State plate #LBJ6697
Vehicle: Blue 2023 Chevrolet Silverado
School Zone Speeding Tickets Received in 2025: 166
Total Fines Paid: $19,256.28
Total Fines Owed: $12,409.05
Borough Where Most Often Speeding: 99% Staten Island (164 violations)
Intersection Where Most Often Speeding: Hylan Boulevard and Rose Avenue (21 violations)
8.New York State plate #LXE7135
Vehicle: Blue 2022 Mercedes-Benz A-Class
School Zone Speeding Tickets Received in 2025: 157
Total Fines Paid: $0
Total Fines Owed: $4,415.34
Borough Where Most Often Speeding: 80% Brooklyn (125 violations)
Intersection Where Most Often Speeding: Pennsylvania Avenue and Schroeders Avenue (11 violations)
*This vehicle received 157 speeding tickets between August and September 2025 and none before or since. The driver owes $4,415.34 in fines.
9. New York State plate #LKM6400
Vehicle: Grey 2024 BMW 760i
School Zone Speeding Tickets Received in 2025: 134
Total Fines Paid: $20,347.08
Total Fines Owed: $4,430
Borough Where Most Often Speeding: 89% Brooklyn (119 violations)
Intersection Where Most Often Speeding: Ocean Avenue and Farragut Road (28 violations)
10. New York State plate #LPH4200
Vehicle: Grey 2024 Honda Passport
School Zone Speeding Tickets Received in 2025: 132
Total Fines Paid: $0
Total Fines Owed: $30,916.32
Borough Where Most Often Speeding: 80% Queens (106 violations)
Intersection Where Most Often Speeding: Whitestone Expressway and 25th Road (13 violations)
The Stop Super Speeders Bill:
Clear patterns of recidivism point to the need for a more aggressive and systemized approach to these super speeders. This session, the New York State legislature has a chance to pass the Stop Super Speeders bill (A2299 / S4045) — which would require drivers with 16 speeding tickets in a single year to have a speed limiter installed on their car, automatically limiting their vehicle to within 5 mph of the speed limit of any given road. Similar bills were recently passed in Virginia, Washington, and Washington, D.C.
The drivers to whom this bill applies are especially dangerous and in need of intervention. Fines and license suspensions are not enough – 75% of drivers with suspended licenses drive anyway, including the driver who killed a mother and her two children in Midwood just last year. Vehicles with 16 speeding violations are twice as likely to be involved in a crash that leads to a fatality or serious injury, and vehicles with 30 speeding violations are more than fifty times more likely. Speed limiters are evidence-backed technology employed in the U.S. and around the world to simply and easily prevent the danger; in the City of New York's municipal fleet, speed limiters have reduced speeding by 64% and hard brake events by 36%. Studies have found that speed limiters can reduce crash deaths by up to 56%.
What elected officials are saying:
“When a single driver racks up 259 speeding tickets in one year, that’s not a mistake. That’s a choice. And it’s a choice that puts millions of New Yorkers at risk. More than 2.5 million people — including over half a million children — live within walking distance of intersections where these repeat offenders were caught speeding. In Manhattan alone, one driver blew through school zones on Broadway more than 100 times in just five months. That is not normal driving behavior. It is reckless endangerment. Our streets should be safe for kids walking to school, seniors crossing the avenue, and families going about their day — not a racetrack for the most dangerous drivers among us,” said Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal.
"These numbers are shocking and unacceptable. When just 10 drivers can endanger the lives of 2.5 million New Yorkers through excessive speeding, that is not just a minor traffic violation—it is a public safety issue that demands action," said Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson. "Every New Yorker deserves to walk in their communities without fear of a speeding vehicle hitting them. We can no longer allow reckless drivers to treat our streets like a racetrack. I am proud to join Transportation Alternatives and Families for Safe Streets to demand swift action to ensure that repeat reckless driving offenders are held accountable before more lives are put at risk."
“Identifying the top 10 super speeders in New York City is an important first step to holding these drivers accountable,” said Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. “Super speeders threaten the safety of all pedestrians – especially our children – and to hold them accountable, we need to expand camera enforcement for speeding and pass legislation like Senator Gounardes’ and Assembly Member Gallagher’s Stop Super Speeder bill. Thank you to Families for Safe Streets for putting this report forward and constantly prioritizing the safety of all people who use our roads.”
State Senator Cordell Cleare stated: "As a proud co-sponsor of the Stop Super Speeders Act, I can only greet today's report with the following--the time to pass the bill is right now, this instant because lives are on the line. It is heartbreaking that despite all of the evidence, data and lives lost that people are still speeding and breaking the law. The Legislature must act!"
“The small population of Super Speeders are putting the safety of all New Yorkers at risk. It is vitally important to slow these reckless speeders down to protect our communities. I will continue to work with my colleagues in government to help to ensure we Stop Super Speeders,” said State Senator José M. Serrano.
NY State Senator John Liu stated, "When a small population of drivers rack up hundreds of speeding tickets, it’s no accident, but a selfish choice that puts all New Yorkers at risk. Since the implementation of speed cameras, New York has made a real impact by slowing down the vast majority of drivers while sounding the alarm about the most dangerous super speeders on our streets. It’s time to pass the Stop Super Speeders Bill to clamp down on those who recklessly continue to speed without regard to consequences."
“These findings make clear that a small number of repeat offenders are putting entire neighborhoods at risk. When someone accumulates that many speeding violations, it is not a mistake; it is a pattern. And patterns demand intervention and consequences. We cannot accept a system where fines are the only deterrent for reckless driving while families live in fear at their own intersections. Public safety must be the priority. Albany has the responsibility to act. As a co-sponsor of the Stop Super Speeders bill (S4045A), I support this smart, evidence-based solution to prevent repeated dangerous driving and protect our communities,” said State Senator Jessica Ramos.
"Families in my district should be able to cross the street without fear," said Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz. "The overwhelming majority of drivers in the Bronx follow the rules, but the small number of repeat super speeders who repeatedly break the law have no place continuing to endanger families in our neighborhoods.”
Methodology:
All statistics used in this report refer to vehicles with New York State passenger licenses. “All super speeders” refers to vehicles with New York State passenger licenses that received 16 or more speed safety camera tickets in 2025. For general statistics on the makeup of New York City’s total vehicle fleet, we used New York State passenger licenses registered within the five boroughs. Total fines paid and owed include fines from non-speeding tickets and years prior to 2025, as well as interest accrued and penalties added to unpaid fines. All data was exported on February 3rd, 2026.
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