Taxi driver’s 420mph speed ticket
`A taxi driver has been given a speeding ticket for allegedly driving at 420mph (676km/h) on a city street.
Tom Matthews was photographed while carrying a fare in his 12-year-old diesel Vauxhall Cavalier in Newport.
When a notice of the £60 fine and three penalty points arrived, it said he was clocked at 420mph in a 30mph zone. [..]
Mr Matthews, 38, of Newport, said: “I could not believe it. I was a bit shocked because there was no way I was going that fast.’
