M5 speed camera catches Mercedes breaking 50mph limit

Keith Taylor managed to persuade city magistrates there were exceptional hardship reasons which meant he should not be disqualified from driving when he appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court. 

At the start of the hearing, the court clerk told magistrates Taylor had admitted his latest offence of speeding and, because he was on 9 points, the points from his latest offence would inevitably put him above 12 so he was facing being disqualified. 

The court heard on May 24 this year Taylor had been on the M5 southbound, between Junction 4a and 6, and was driving a Mercedes when he went at 66mph in a 50mph section. 

COURT: Keith Taylor outside Worcester Magistrates Court (Image: Sam Greenway/Newsquest)Garry Harper, defending, said: "He didn't know the area, he didn't see the 50mph sign."

He said Taylor was retired and was the driver for a number of family members, including a grandson, so they would suffer exceptional hardship if he was not able to transport them. 

After leaving the courtroom for lengthy deliberations chairman of the magistrates bench, Russell Williams, returned to announce they had found the hardship would be exceptional to others so the defendant wouldn't be banned. 

COURT: Keith Taylor Worcester Magistrates Court

"You have got to obey the speed limit," Mr Russell said. 

"It is the same for everyone. Don't be distracted and keep to the speed limit."

Taylor was given four points, taking his total to 13 points. 

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He was fined £233 and ordered to pay costs of £90, victim surcharge of £93. 

Taylor, of Victoria Street West, Chesterfield, was given 28 days to pay the total, £416, in full. 

Before leaving the courtroom on Friday, (October 6), the chairman asked: "Do you understand the seriousness of where you are?"

"Yes," Taylor replied.