HERNANDO, Fla. - Speeding on local roads is never a good idea, but doing it at the end of the school day means students and other drivers are pulling out onto the roadways and that creates a hazardous situation.

Hernando County Sheriff's Office makes sure that they have appropriate traffic enforcement units in the area of Nature Coast High School to make sure that everything is safe for the young drivers and walkers leaving the campus.

The backstory:

Thursday afternoon, Deputy B. Croft was on patrol westbound on Powell Road when he spotted two drivers racing each other in the eastbound lanes.

He was able to clock the lead vehicle, a Ford Mustang, at 101 miles per hour in the 55 MPH posted area. It was followed closely by a Volkswagen going the same speed.

Deputy Croft recognized tha

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