Stock of speed camera (Image: NQ)
A DRIVER has been ordered to pay more than £1,100 after being caught speeding on the motorway.
Peter Ward was caught on May 12 this year speeding on the M6 motorway southbound, between junctions 17 and 16.
The 57-year-old was caught on an automatic speed camera exceeding the 70mph speed limit. It is unknown how fast the driver was going.
At Warrington Magistrates’ Court on July 11, he pleaded guilty to one count of speeding.
He was fined £767 and had six penalty points added to his driving record.
Ward, of Main Street, Bicester, was also ordered to pay £306 victim surcharge and £90 in court costs.
The total amount he will need to pay is £1,163 by the middle of August.
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