Teenage motorist caught speeding SEVEN times on same road in just over three weeks
A TEENAGE motorist from Derby was caught speeding on the same stretch of road an astonishing seven times in just over three weeks, racking up more than two dozen points on his licence.
Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court heard how Paval Nadlicky was first snapped doing 73mph in 50mph on Raynesway, in Alvaston, on December 18, 2020.
The 19-year-old was next caught by the same camera travelling at 68mph on December 28.
The following day he was captured travelling at 66mph and again on January 1, 2021, he hit 71mph.
The hearing was told how on January 31 the defendant, of Wolfa Street, was snapped doing 59mph and then twice on January 6, he was caught travelling at 64mph and 76mph.
The teen was found guilty of seven counts of speeding through what is called the single justice procedure, which means he did not have to attend court.
Magistrates fined him a total of £760 and handed him a whopping 25 points on his licence.
They also disqualified him from driving for a year and ordered him to pay £110 costs and a £76 victim surcharge.
Meanwhile, one speed camera on the M32 near Bristol has been named as Britain’s most prolific after raking in £5.7m in fines in three years, snaring more than 50 drivers a day. The 27 busiest cameras flashed motorists 579,000 times last year, yielding almost £58million in potential £100 fines, according to Home Office figures.
Many fines are not paid because drivers can take speed awareness courses, which cost around £100 a time but spare them points on their licence.
Other hotspots included the M1, M4, M5 and M25, as well as London’s Tower Bridge, the Thames crossing, the A1081 near Luton Airport, Lea Bridge Road in East London and the A12 between Colchester and Ipswich.
A report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary called for greater transparency over the use of cameras. It said: “We were told that the reason enforcement took place at certain locations was that they were ‘good hunting ground,’ rather than because they had a history of collisions.”
Revenue from speeding tickets goes to the Treasury. But safety camera partnerships, which operate some speed traps, keep a portion.
The AA has said that in the case of the top two cases – at the end of the M32 in Bristol and in Airport Way in Luton – cameras are located where speed limits drop considerably at the end of a dual carriageway.
They have suggested putting up interactive speed signs before the cameras to show drivers they are driving too fast.
“If they continue to speed then it is a fair cop.”