Motorist caught speeding four times in a week through A19 Testo's roadworks is banned

By Gavin Ledwith

Specialist journalist

Published 21st Sep 2020, 00:00 BST

Updated 22nd Sep 2020, 13:51 BST

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A motorist caught speeding four times in just over a week through the same set of roadworks has been banned from driving.

Jason Deen is disqualified for six months after flouting 40 miles per hour restrictions on the A19, near Testo’s Roundabout, where a £124.5m project is continuing to build a new flyover.

Deen, 48, exceeded the temporary limit on four separate occasions between September 1 and September 8, 2019, as he headed southbound in a Chevrolet.

He was clocked speeding at 48 miles per hour on September 1, 49 miles per hour on September 2, 52 miles per hour on September 3 and 47 miles per hour on September 8.

The Highways Agency set up the average speed camera system around Testo's Roundabout while a new A19 flyover is built.

The Highways Agency set up the average speed camera system around Testo's Roundabout while a new A19 flyover is built.

South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court handed him three penalty points for each offence and insisted disqualification was “obligatory due to repeat offending”.

He was also ordered to pay a £70 fine a £30 victim surcharge for each count.

Earlier police figures revealed that 841 motorists were caught exceeding the temporary limits in September 2019 – the first full month average speed cameras were operational – as they headed southbound in September 2019.

Another 328 were filmed breaking the restrictions by the cameras as they headed in the opposite direction the same month.

Work on the flyover is expected to end in 2021 with motorists reminded that the roundabout area will close completely from 8pm on Friday, September 18, until 6am on Monday, September 21, as sections of the new bridge are lifted into place.

Deen, of Bishopton Road West, Stockton, who did not appear in court, was given credit for his guilty pleas.

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