Oxfordshire driver to pay more than £100 after speeding on major road

Greta Olivieri, 57, of Moreton, near Thame, was caught on the A40 Northern Bypass Road in Oxford, on October 3 last year, a court heard.  Olivieri pleaded guilty at Oxford Magistrates' Court.  READ MORE: A34 slip road works scheme costs to rise by GBP1.43million[1]

The court heard Olivieri was recorded as driving 65mph, exceeding the speed limit of 50mph.  Olivieri was ordered to pay costs of GBP120, a victim surcharge of GBP28 and a fine of GBP70.  Olivieri was also handed three penalty points. 

Speed cameras work by recording a vehicle's speed. To do this they use markings on the road or radar technology to identify the vehicle and record its speed.  The RAC shares: "Older cameras used film to record speeding offences, but advances in technology has resulted in speed cameras being digitised.

"If a vehicle is travelling at excessive speed, two digital images are taken to work out how long it has taken the vehicle to travel between two points on the road. "The images also record the vehicle's registration, time of the offence and speed limit of the road. "In some cases, the image will include the face of the driver and the front passenger.

"Not all speed cameras will flash when they take an image of your car and some speed cameras will track your vehicle over many miles to work out its average speed."

References

1. ^ A34 slip road works scheme costs to rise by GBP1.43million (www.oxfordmail.co.uk)