A ferryman who was caught speeding at more than 100mph has been banned from driving for three months.
Alexander MacLachlan is one of the Isle of Luing’s ferrymen and one of only five people qualified to drive the local fire engine.
The 43-year-old was caught doing 104mph on the Arrivain straight between Dalmally and Tyndrum on the A85 on March 15 this year.
His 16-year-old son and a friend were in the car at the time.
MacLachlan’s agent, solicitor Laura McManus, told Oban Sheriff Court yesterday that he was heading for home when he found himself stuck behind a slow-moving car.
He started to overtake on a straight but the other car began to speed up.
“He felt it was safer to get speed up to overtake,” she said.
MacLachlan, of Dunchonnel, Cullipool, Isle of Luing, admitted speeding and was fined £200 and banned from driving for three months.
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