Driver caught speeding at 100mph on SDR in Newport
A DRIVER caught speeding at exactly twice the limit when he was clocked travelling at 100mph on Newport’s Southern Distributor Road (SDR).
Luke Knight, 25, has been banned from driving and left with a bill of £640.
Newport Magistrates’ Court heard how the defendant was travelling in an Audi A4 S Line on a stretch of the A48 where the speed limit is 50mph.
The offence on the SDR took place on July 3, 2020.
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Knight, of Bassaleg Road, Newport, was banned from driving for 14 days.
He was fined £400 and ordered to pay £200 costs and a £40 surcharge.
Knight was sentenced on the basis he was driving at 85mph.
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