Banbury man hit with £500 bill after being clocked driving more than 100mph on road in South Northamptonshire

Magistrates landed a Banbury man with a £566 bill after he was clocked travelling more than 100mph on the A43 in South Northamptonshire during the lockdown last year.
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John Isles, 64, was snapped by speed cameras doing 109mph in an Audi A6 on the 70mph A43 Silverstone Bypass on May 27, 2020.

Isles, from Banbury, pleaded guilty to the offence in November and was fined £438 when he appeared at Wellingborough Magistrates Court earlier this month.

He was also ordered to pay a £43 surcharge to fund victim services plus £85 costs, and had six penalty points added to his licence.

Banbury man sentenced for driving more than 100mph on South Northamptonshire road during lockdownBanbury man sentenced for driving more than 100mph on South Northamptonshire road during lockdown
Banbury man sentenced for driving more than 100mph on South Northamptonshire road during lockdown

Speeding is one of the ‘Fatal Four’ offences — alongside not wearing a seatbelt, drink-driving and using a mobile phone behind the wheel — which contribute most to deaths and serious injuries on the roads.

Northamptonshire’s Chief Constable warned motorists were treating empty roads “like race tracks” as traffic numbers tumbled to around 30 per cent of normal during the first national lockdown.

More vehicles are still making journeys during the current lockdown as the criteria for those who cannot work from home or be furloughed is different. But Nick Adderley has pledged to keep enforcement cameras out as a safety measure.

He said: "Northamptonshire Police will still deploy its camera safety vehicles and will still robustly enforce the Road Traffic Act. Slow down and don’t add to the NHS demand.”