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Jojo
04-01-2007, 16:12
A cab driver has been accused of speeding in his Vauxhall Cavalier - at 420mph! Tom Matthews was snapped in his 12-year-old diesel car in a 30mph zone. He received notice of a £60 fine and three penalty points - and then he saw the recorded speed was 420mph.

"I drive an old Cavalier, not a jumbo jet," Tom, 34, told The Sun. "According to this I've broken the land speed record."

Tom was clocked as he drove a woman home in Newport, Gwent, at 2.20am.

Mid and South Wales Safety Camera Partnership apologised and blamed "an employee processing error".

Tom says he will fight the penalty notice if he has to.

"There has been a printing error. If they insist I was going that fast I should be a Grand Prix driver - I'm wasted in taxis," he said.

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What would you do in this scenario?? Fight the penalty as they have incorrectly stated your recorded speed or just pay up??
Meh
04-01-2007, 16:21
There's no way I'd pay up. Any magistrate stupid enough to convict you would be sacked or anyone who let it get that far tbh
CrazyLea
04-01-2007, 16:21
I'd probably fight it. Seeing as 420mph is nigh on impossible. If I'm gunna be paying any money, I want the facts right lol!
Jojo
04-01-2007, 16:25
I'd definitely fight it - to me they have invalidated the penalty notice, by a) giving an incorrect speed and then b) admitting to an employee processing error.

Note to self - when speeding - do it in Wales :rotfl:
Siobhan
04-01-2007, 16:28
Fight it.. after all if there was someone going over the speed limit and it wasn't recorded right, they would be let away with it. 420mph is a bit far out so he has a good fight
Kim
04-01-2007, 16:37
I'd probably fall over laughing. A ferrari couldn't even do that.
Katy
04-01-2007, 16:38
definatly fight it. The idiot who made the mistake should be sacked thats a rather large printing error.
Debs
04-01-2007, 16:40
I would most definately fight it!
Luna
04-01-2007, 17:36
fight it all the way no way would i pay up
Tori
04-01-2007, 19:51
i would fight it, because of the penalty points, because you don't want them. he shouldn't have to pay because it was a printing mistake.
Behemoth
04-01-2007, 20:56
No way would I pay that! 420mph? Someone's having a laugh!
pinkles14
04-01-2007, 22:56
I would not pay it i would fight it all the way :)
Chloe O'brien
05-01-2007, 00:18
I wouldn't pay it no way. If he can drive that fast in a car he is in the wrong job. He should be a F1 driver not a cab driver.