Court hears Newtownabbey R driver who hit speed of 92mph had been 'embarrassed' to tell police why he was speeding
An R driver caught doing 92mph was, according to a defence barrister, "suffering very severely from vomiting and diarrhoea" and had been "embarrassed" to tell police that was the reason for his speed.
Details were given to Antrim Magistrates Court, sitting in Balymena.
Brady Doyle (19), of Hollybrook Manor, Newtownabbey, pleaded guilty to exceeding his 45mph speed limit at 8.30pm on July 7 this year at Rathbeg on the M2 motorway near Antrim town.
He had no record. He had been driving a Volkswagen Polo displaying R plates.
District Judge Nigel Broderick said the defendant's reported issues when at the wheel "makes it worse" as "somebody suffering from vomit and diarrhoea decides to do double the limit".
He said the defendant should have pulled over and "asked for assistance because the fact that they're vomiting and have diarrhoea distracts them from being able to drive their car".
A defence lawyer said the offence was "out of character". He said the defendant pays £4,500 a year insurance for the 1.2 Polo and that is going to increase after the court appearance.
The judge said inexperienced R drivers should be doing 45mph and he appreciated such a speed on a motorway "can itself create issues" and had the defendant been doing 60 or 70 the court may have been more lenient but he was doing more than double his permitted speed.
He said there must be a deterrence for those who drive at such speeds and banned the defendant from driving for a month fined him £150.