Co Down motorist hit a speed of 101mph
A motorist did a speed of 101mph.
Alexander Samuel Jebb (50), of Milecross Manor in Newtownards, was at Ballymena Magistrates Court on Thursday where a prosecutor said the detection was made in a 70mph zone - on the A26 between Coleraine and Ballymena on September 28 last year.
A defence barrister said the defendant had a clear record and a clear licence. He had been driving for over 30 years.
"Whilst there is never any excuse for this type of speed there were three cars behind him" and he "sped up momentarily to pull into lane one," said the lawyer.
The court was told such a speed was "very out of character" for the defendant.
The defendant was banned from driving for a month and was fined £200.