Driver clocked at 110mph on A82 banned for six months and fined £540

A driver has been banned from driving for six months and fined £540 after he was clocked at 110mph on the A82 at Letterfinlay last summer.

Allan Gledhill, of Drumsturdy Road, Broughty Ferry appeared at Fort William Sheriff Court last week, where he pleaded guilty to careless driving on August 22 2017.

Procurator Fiscal Robert Weir told the court there were no other cars on the stretch of road at the time of the offence, around 7.30pm.

‘Two police constables were carrying out speed checks with a hand-held device and the accused was recorded doing a speed of 110mph,’ said Mr Weir.

‘The accused co-operated fully with the police.’

Property developer Gledhill’s defence agent said his client, who is 38, was unable to offer any explanation.

‘Mr Gledhill accepts he reached that speed on that particular stretch of the road.

‘It was a stupid, perhaps outrageous, act on his part. He has quite a high-powered vehicle.

‘My client has driven for 10 years and is not normally someone who does something like this.

‘It was simply an act of stupidity.’

Sentencing Gledhill, Sheriff Eilidh MacDonald told him: ‘This was a piece of driving which has been decsribed as outrageous and I agree with that.

‘I have taken into account the circumstances but see no alternative to a period of disqualification.

‘You will be disqualified for six months and fined £540.’