MOTORISTS from across Somerset have been fined hundreds of pounds - and even banned from driving - for speeding.
A 21-year-old from Bath has been fined and banned from driving for 14 days after exceeding the speed limit on the M4 motorway on March 2.
Tilly Mae Muir, of Woodhouse Road, Twerton, pleaded guilty at Swindon Magistrates' Court for driving a Volkswagen Polo above the 70mph speed limit near Chippenham.
On Tuesday, she was fined £380 and ordered to pay a £38 surcharge and costs of £110 - giving her a total of £528 to pay by October 19.
A woman from Highbridge has been ordered to pay over £200 for exceeding a 30mph speed limit in Carmarthenshire.
Llanelli Magistrates' Court heard on Tuesday that Hilary Anne Carter, of Bristol Road, Edithmead, was recorded driving at 35mph in Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire, in a Fiat 500 on March 30.
The speed limit was marked by street lighting placed at intervals of less than 200 yards.
Carter, 55, was fined £100 and must pay a £34 surcharge to fund victim services and costs of £90.
She has until October 19 to pay the total fee of £224.
Carter was handed three penalty points.
Her guilty plea was taken into account when the sentence was passed.
Elsewhere, a man from Taunton was fined £66 and ordered to pay a £34 surcharge after being caught breaking a 30mph speed limit by an automatic camera in Cornwall.
Martin Sean Regan, of Holway Avenue, Taunton, was driving on Agar Road, Illogan Highway, Redruth, in a Citroen C1 when he committed the offence on February 8.
Regan, 53, also had three penalty points added to his license after pleading guilty at Bodmin Magistrates' Court on Saturday.
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