A man has started a legal fight to get his speeding tickets overturned because he says he was caught on a Sunday when the roadworks he was passing were unmanned. Some 13,000 fines have been issued for speeding on that stretch of road and he wants them all overturned.
Anthony Martindale was caught twice in the same day on a stretch of raod where the speed limit had been reduced from 70mph to 40mph because of roadworks. He caught travelling at 46mph on his way out - and 50mph on his return.
He believes that because he was driving on a Sunday, when no construction work was taking place, there was no threat to workers and that speed curbs should have been lifted. “It’s a matter of principle,” he said. "I want justice to be done."
