£2m speeding fines refunded

POLICE are paying back £2million in fines to 19,000 motorists wrongly booked for speeding.

The foul-up began when speed cameras were set up to enforce a 50mph limit on a stretch of the A1 while roadworks were under way.

A spokesman for National Highways said: ‘There was a discrepancy relating to the temporary traffic order, which means some of the enforcement was invalid and we are working with Lincolnshire Police to resolve this issue.’

Police said 18,387 tickets were issued for driving at 50 to 70mph, and 702 for exceeding 70mph, on the Grantham southern relief road from February 16 to July 10.

Penalty points are being cancelled but many drivers chose instead to take speed awareness courses – and say they will ‘never get that time back’.