An 86-year-old Florida man whose super speeder arrest went viral after deputies said he was clocked at 110 mph is speaking publicly about the case — and the punishment he says has left him largely stuck at home.
William Bosworth was 85 when Lake County sheriff’s deputies arrested him in June after they said his gray Nissan 350Z was traveling at about 110 mph on U.S. 27 near Leesburg alongside a red Corvette.
Bosworth, who has since turned 86, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges stemming from the encounter and was sentenced to a year of supervised probation, fined $500 and ordered to complete an advanced driver improvement course, according to a new News 6 interview with Bosworth.
But Bosworth says the biggest consequence has been losing his driver’s license for a year.
“I’m not in jail. But I’m behind bars in my house,” Bosworth told the station.
He said the license suspension has made it difficult to run errands, visit friends or go out with his wife. Even his golf cart is apparently off limits: Bosworth told News 6 that rules in his gated retirement community require a driver’s license to operate one.
That frustration produced perhaps his bluntest description of his new routine: “I’m a dead man walking.”
Deputies said he hit 110 mph in his Nissan 350Z
The case began late on June 12, when deputies said they spotted Bosworth’s Nissan traveling alongside a red Corvette on U.S. 27.
Original reporting on the arrest said deputies clocked Bosworth at roughly 110 mph and the Corvette at 125 mph. Both drivers were arrested and accused of racing and dangerous excessive speeding. Body-camera footage from the arrest later helped propel the unusual case across the internet.
Bosworth has consistently denied that he was street racing.
He has said the Corvette moved toward his lane and that he accelerated to get away from it. In his latest interview, Bosworth acknowledged he could have reached 110 mph but continued to reject deputies’ allegation that the two vehicles were racing.
The other driver, Philip Signorino, 57, has pleaded not guilty to racing and dangerous excessive speeding charges, according to News 6. His case remained
