A MAN who was caught driving at almost double the speed limit has been disqualified from driving for 28 days.
James Edward Rodgers, 36, of Sunset Cottage, Thornholme, pleaded guilty at Bridlington Magistrates Court to exceeding the 30mph speed limit when he was clocked driving 56mph in Bridlington, on May 2 this year.
The court heard that Rodgers was speeding along Kingsgate at around 9.56pm, and was stopped by a police officer.
Emma Dann, mitigating, said that there were no aggravating circumstances and that Rodgers apologised for his actions.
She asked magistrates to consider a 28 day disqualification as Rodgers uses rental cars to travel to his job in the merchant navy, and any points on his license would complicate that arrangement.
Alongside the ban, presiding magistrate Jennie Byass fined Rodgers £500, and ordered £40 costs and a £15 victim surcharge to be paid, saying: “It was excessive speed, something which the general public find unacceptable.”
