Getting busted for doing over 100 mph is a lot like getting kicked out of camp for being in a girl's bunk after dark. Sure, you're pissed you got caught, but it's also going to make for a pretty good story.

While we would never advocate extreme speeding, with the right combination of car and road, sometimes it's inevitable. Just make sure you don't let your speedometer approach triple digits if you are in the state of Virginia, where such a transgression will get you a $2,500 fine and mandatory jail time.

After the jump, check out our list of celebrity speeders who were clocked at the century mark but avoided jail time.



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10. Al Gore Jr. at 100 mph -- Little Albert did his poppa proud when he proved to skeptics that the environmentally friendly Prius could really move.

9. Nick Hogan at 100 mph -- The reality TV star's triple-digit speeding stop came months before he was involved in a tragic accident at a lower speed.

8. LeBron James at 101 mph -- The $80 million man brushed off his $150 ticket as "no big deal."

7. Steve Wozniak at 104 mph -- The Apple inventor and American citizen actually pleaded metric-system confusion. The judge didn't buy it, and fined him $700.

6. Matt Dillon at 106 mph -- Kevin's older brother was clocked on the open roads of Vermont.

5. Tashera Simpson at 106 mph -- While we've pegged DMX as a sure-fire celebrity speeder, it was his wife who was caught doing triple digits in the family Mercedes. (With four unbuckled kids in the back.)

4. Chris Tucker at 109 mph -- The "Rush Hour" star was pulled over for reaching 109 back in 2005, and we haven't really heard from him since.

3. Ben Affleck at 114 mph -- Top that, Damon.

2. Eric Clapton at 134 mph -- Slowhand has a lead foot. And his top speed got him banned from driving in France.

1. Koenigsegg CC at 242 mph -- Not technically a person, but the Swedish supercar which was allegedly pulled over for doing 242 on a Texas freeway during the Gumball 3000 rally race. If true, it would be the largest speeding ticket ever issued.

For more great adventures of celebrity speeders, check out 15 Celebrities Who Got Caught Speeding on TruTV.com.