1888 Manufacturer & Builder Sept. 198/1 Because over-speeding beyond a certain limit to the manifest injury of the machine is not considered good practice, it does not follow that there is good economy in reducing the speed below a point which will [etc.].

1913 Collier's 11 Jan. ii. 50/2 There were but three convictions for overspeeding.

1950 W. W. Lewis Protection Transmission Syst. against Lightning xi. 367 It is believed that generator overspeeding and loss of load as single factors without solid faults will seldom give rise to dangerous overvoltages.

1994 Weekly Jrnl. (Nexis) 6 Oct. 4 The effort to clean up the roads [in Kenya] is being undermined by low fines ranging from six to 30 US dollars for offences like overspeeding, overloading and defective vehicles.

2003 Hindu (Nexis) 10 Feb. But how necessary are the speed limits and how justified the overspeeding by a select few.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 4/2 The police had been..engaged elsewhere to look out for over-speeding drivers.

1988 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 Nov. x. 7/1 It has been more than 40 years since brakes failed to stop an overspeeding elevator in Manhattan.

1989 Aerospace Amer. (Nexis) Sept. 58 Several problems plague the aircraft, forcing the pilots to shut down one overspeeding engine.

2002 Ghanaian Chron. (Nexis) 5 Dec. If they urge overspeeding drivers on, they could be hurrying towards their graves.