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York finance director broke 30mph speed limit in Elvington
Andrew Stanley admitted breaking the 30mph speed limit in Elvington Lane, Elvington, on June 17 last year.
The 50-year-old company director who lives off Clifton Park Avenue, Rawcliffe, York, already had points on his licence so should have been disqualified for at least six months under the totting up procedure, Harrogate magistrates heard
But they decided he would suffer exceptional hardship if he were banned and decided not to disqualify him. Instead they gave him three penalty points and fined him £284.
The court heard that he had been a finance director for 20 years for a company that employs 70 people, and he believed that if he lost his driving licence he would be unable to do his job.
Although he mostly worked in an office, he had to travel for work purposes to construction sites.
As well as work purposes, he also needed his licence for family matters, the court heard.
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