“Sorry Officer, I Didn’t Realise I Was Travelling At Mach 1.2″
Thursday, January 4th, 2007
Cab driver Tom Matthews was flashed by a speed camera, poor guy. He got his fine in the post, three penalty points and £60. But on inspecting the speed recorded by the camera he was shocked to discover that it flashed him doing 420mph - in a 30 zone!
“I drive an old Cavalier — not a jumbo jet. According to this, I’ve broken the land speed record.” said Matthews. “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”
Mid and South Wales Safety Camera Partnership apologised and blamed “an employee processing error”.