Motorist caught speeding four times in a week in roadworks

A motorist caught speeding four times in just over a week through the same set of roadworks has been banned from driving.

Jason Deen is disqualif i e d fo r s i x m o nth s a f te r flouting 40 miles per hour restrictions on the A19, near Testo’s Roundabout, where a £124.5m project is continuing to build a new flyover.

Deen, 48, exceeded the te m p o ra r y l i m i t o n fou r separate occasions between September 1 and September 8, 2019, as he headed southbound in a Chevrolet vehicle.

He was clocked speeding at 48 miles per hour on September 1, 49 miles per hour on September 2, 52 miles per hour on September 3 and 47 miles per hour on September 8.

South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court handed him th re e p e n a l ty p o i nt s fo r each offence and insisted disqualification was “obligatory due to repeat offending”.

H e i s a l s o £ 4 0 0 out o f pocket after he was ordered to pay a £70 fine and a £30 victim surcharge for each.

Earlier figures released by Northumbria Police revealed that 841 motorists were caught exceeding the temporary limits in September 2019 – the first full month average speed cameras were operational – as they headed southbound.

Another 328 were filmed breaking the restrictions by the cameras as they headed in the opposite direction the same month.

Work on the flyover is expected to end in 2021.

Deen, of Bishopton Road West, Stockton, who did not appear in court, was given credit for his guilty pleas.