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1/4/2007 UK: Speed Camera Issues 420 MPH Ticket A Wales, UK speed camera claims a cab driver exceeded the speed limit by 390 MPH. A speed camera in Wales mailed a ticket to a cab driver claiming his 1995 Vauxhall Cavalier was speeding in a 30 MPH zone at 420 MPH. Tom Matthews, 34, had been driving a woman home at 2:20 in the morning on November 17 when his car was photographed. "If they insist I was going that fast I should be a Grand Prix driver," Matthews told The Sun. "I'm wasted in taxis." Matthews, however, does not hold the speed camera record. In Australia last year a speed camera claimed an automobile reached 690 MPH. In 2005, a Manchester, UK speed camera issued a ticket to a man for driving 800 MPH in a 30 zone. Source: Cab drivers 420mph Cavalier (The Sun (UK), 1/4/2007) Regional News: Other news about Wales Permanent Link for this item Return to Front Page

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