A part-time taxi driver who was doing 78mph in a 40mph zone has been slapped with six penalty points.
James McNicol, 67, had dropped off the last fare of his shift on September 27, 2021, when he carelessly drove at 78mph in a temporary 40mph zone on the M8 near to Glasgow Airport.
Fiscal depute, John Penman told Paisley Sheriff Court: “Around 5.15am on September 27, police officers on uniformed mobile patrol in a marked vehicle were driving on the M8 eastbound approaching the slip road at Glasgow Airport.
