A Peterhead teenager has been banned from the road after being caught speeding on the A90 – at more than 110mph.
Callum Cooper was clocked flying along the busy route at eye-watering speeds not once but twice.
The 19-year-old pled guilty to driving on the A90 just south of Stonehaven on July 31 at an average speed of 99mph. The speed limit is 70mph.
‘This is a very serious matter’
And he also admitted hitting 111mph on the A90 near St Fergus Gas Terminal on August 25 – almost double the 60mph limit in the area.
Defence agent Stuart Flowerdew said his client was just 18 at the time of the offences and had been having issues at home due to being unable to find work.
He said Cooper had left his home in a “state of agitation” and had behaved in an “immature” way.
However, Mr Flowerdew explained Cooper had “done a great deal of maturing since the offences” and now had his own property and a job.
He said the teen was “extremely embarrassed to be before the court”.
Sheriff Kirsty Hood QC told Cooper, of Waterside Way, Peterhead: “This is a very serious matter.
“The speeds you were doing at the time of each of these offences were greatly in excess of the speed limits.
“I’m also concerned that your reaction to difficulties in your relationship with others was getting into a vehicle and driving without regard for the speed limits.
“I’m concerned that, so soon after obtaining a licence, you did not obey the important rules of the road.”
The sheriff fined Cooper £240 and banned him from driving for three months.
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