District Judge Nigel Broderick was speaking at Antrim Magistrates' Court, sitting in Ballymena, regarding Jamie Palmer. The 18-year-old from Faughan View Park, Drumahoe, was detected doing 90mph in a Mazda 6 car on April 7 this year on the M2 motorway at Rathbeg near Antrim town. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.

A defence barrister said the defendant had been travelling to Belfast in connection with work. Judge Broderick said the defendant had been "doing double the limit". He added: "I can understand, to some extent, that driving at 45mph on a motorway can itself pose difficulties and I do believe that the legislators have proposed legislation that would allow newly qualified drivers perhaps to go at a slightly faster speed on the motorway.

I can fully understand the logic of that ...

but not 90mph". He said even an experienced driver should not be doing 90mph. The defendant was banned from driving for a month and was fined £150.

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