Man banned from driving after speeding on the M5
Driver was also under influence of drugs.
Last updated 6th Dec 2021
A man who broke lockdown and drove more than 100 miles per hour down the M5 in Somerset’s been disqualified for driving two years and six months.
30 year old Robert White from Taunton told police he was on his way back from getting a hair-cut in Wales, despite the country being in lockdown.
He was also found to be under the influence of drugs and has been fined and banned from driving after the incident which took place on the 17th of March 2020.
White was also fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 court costs and a £34 victim surcharge. At the time of the incident, police gave him a fixed penalty notice for the breach of COVID regulations.
PC Owen Davies, of the Roads Policing Unit, said: “White’s driving on that day was reckless in the extreme. Not only was he driving at 122mph in a 70mph zone, but he was also under the influence of drugs at the time. If he’d been involved in a collision while driving at that speed, it would have resulted in catastrophic consequences.
“At the time of the offence, a second national lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19 was in place in England, with people urged to stay at home – all this makes his actions even more reprehensible.”