A HEREFORDSHIRE Volvo driver caught speeding twice in the same day and again just a month later has been banned from the roads.
Henry Charles Anthony Hyde-Thompson entered guilty pleas to three counts of exceeding a temporary 50 miles per hour speed restriction on a motorway when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford.
The court heard from the prosecutor that the 69-year-old had been clocked breaking the limit while behind the wheel of a Volvo in a 50 miles per hour zone on the M5 southbound between junctions six and seven on October 6.
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He was caught breaking the 50 miles per hour limit again on the M5 northbound between junctions seven and six that same day.
He was further caught speeding in a 50 miles per hour zone on the same stretch of motorway while heading southbound on November 10, the court heard.
Hyde-Thompson, of Bromsberrow, Ledbury, was fined a total of £208, received three penalty points, and was disqualified from driving for 28 days.
He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £90 and an £82 victim surcharge.
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