Shirebrook speeder '˜distracted' by not being on the road since 1980s

A Shirebrook woman who was caught speeding told magistrates she had been distracted because she had not driven on that road for 30 years.
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Karen Knight, 48, of Main Street, admitted speeding after she was clocked driving at 40mph in a 30mph zone on the A690 Woodhouse Road on August 9 last year.

In a letter to the court she said: “My only reasonable excuse was I was driving a hire car on a road I hadn’t been on since the 1980’s and was not aware of the speed limit.”

Magistrates fined her £42 and ordered her to pay a victim surcharge of £20 and £85 costs. Three points were put on her license.

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