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Drivers of Tesla and F 150 clocked at well over 100 mph

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PROVO, Utah — There have been a lot of reports of speeding on Utah roads, many of them since the beginning of the pandemic when fewer people were travelling.

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Sgt. Spencer Cannon with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office caught a pair of speeders Wednesday.

According to his twitter, he stopped the driver of a Ford F150 pickup truck and a Tesla S.

The Tesla, which had two small children inside, was going 108 miles an hour and the Ford was doing 103 mph.

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Cannon mused that they were racing for the best parking spot at work.

Cannon wrote tickets to both drivers for speeding and an exhibition of speed in heavy traffic.