Speeding Prevention

Drive Slower

The maximum legal speed on a residential street is 25 mph (unless posted otherwise). Drive 25 mph or less; give yourself more time to react to the unexpected, you may be driving faster than you should. Do not rush - leave a little earlier and give yourself plenty of time to reach your destination.

Avoid Using Neighborhood Streets as Short Cuts

Using residential streets as short cuts impacts neighborhood quality of life. Cut-through traffic increases noise, pollution, and decreases safety for children, pedestrians, and pets.

Be an Active Reporter

If there are safety concerns along your street such as frequent speeders, damaged or missing signs, pothole or vegetation blocking line of sight, please notify us through 1PSL.

Observe all the Rules of the Road - Don’t be a speeder, be a leader!

Be alert and don’t take chances - even on short trips. Statistics show that most crashes occur close to home.

Set the Pace

Driving at or below the 25 mph speed limit forces those behind you to follow at your safe, respectful pace.

A low speed vehicle (LSV) is a vehicle with a top speed greater than 20 MPH, but not greater than 25 MPH. LSVs must be registered, titled and insured with personal injury protection (PIP) and property damage liability (PDL) insurance.

Any person operating an LSV must have a valid driver license. LSVs may only be operated on streets where the posted speed limit is 35 MPH or less.

To learn more about legally owning and operating low speed vehicles or golf carts in Florida, please visit flhsmv.gov/lowspeedvehicles.

Florida’s Move Over Law requires motorists to move over and change lanes to give safe clearance to law enforcement officers, firefighters, ambulances, utility workers, and in some cases, tow-truck drivers and disabled vehicles.

• If you can’t move over — or when on a two-lane road — slow to a speed that is 20 mph less than the posted speed limit.
• Slow down to 5 mph when the posted speed limit is 20 mph or less.

When you fail to move over, you put yourself and others at risk; you could crash into a vehicle or worker.

Violating the Move Over Law will result in a fine, fees and points on your driving record. For more information, see section 316.126, Florida Statutes.

Speeding related deaths come at a high price. The victim's family, friends and community suffer a loss that can't be measured. For the speeding driver there are fines, lost driving privileges, criminal charges and civil lawsuits. All of that, plus the toll that guilt imposes after a life is taken.

It's a really high price to pay for traveling a few extra miles per hour. Speeding is just not worth the cost! Do your part to keep Port St. Lucie one of America’s safest cities.

Did you know?

• 9 miles over = $131 + 3 points
• 10-14 miles over = $206 + 3 points
• 15-19 miles over = $256 + 4 points
• 20-29 miles over = $281 + 4 points
• 30+ miles over = over $356 + 4 points + mandatory court
• 50+ miles over = over $1,000 + 4 points + mandatory court
  • 2nd Offense = $2,500 + license revoked for 1 year
  • 3rd Offense = $5,000 + Felony of the 3rd degree and loose license for 10 years
• 12 points within 12 months = suspended license

*Speeding fines doubled in school and construction zones. Fines and points as of April 2022.

The City's Traffic Calming Policy provides a process to request, evaluate and implement appropriate traffic-calming measures of motor vehicle use, alter driver behavior and improve conditions for non- motorized street users.

Port St. Lucie performs speeding studies to decide if it needs to install any of the following to keep our neighborhoods safe:

• Raised intersections
• Art within the roadway
• Landscaping
• No passing zones
• Signs and pavement markings
• Speed humps
• Raised crosswalks
• Roundabouts
• Islands