Wednesday, January 11, 2006
FINED IN FIFE
CASE ONE. A British motorist is photographed driving at 156 mph, and loses his licence for one year:
Businessman Ronald Klos, whose original acquittal was overturned, has been banned for a year and fined £3,000.
Fife Constabulary said it was the highest speed recorded by their traffic cameras.
CASE TWO. A British motorist is photographed driving at 22 mph, and loses his licence for one year:
A UK court on Monday severely penalized a motorist for the crime of showing disrespect to a mobile speed camera van. The device had photographed Sean Toehill, 21, driving 22 MPH in a 40 MPH zone but police became enraged when they noticed he had given the camera a “V-sign.”
Officers were dispatched to his home two days later to present charges which the Cupar Sheriff Court in Fife, Scotland upheld on Monday. The court suspended Toehill’s right to drive for a year and imposed a £90 (US $160) fine.