Mercedes driver sticks finger up at speed camera while travelling at 103mph on M65

Mercedes driver's one fingered salute to speed camera while travelling at 103mph
Mercedes driver's one fingered salute to speed camera while travelling at 103mph
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A Mercedes driver will have to explain himself to magistrates after sticking his finger up at a speed camera while travelling at 103mph.

The incident happened on the M65 on Friday, when the driver of the car gave a one fingered salute to the camera technician on the bridge over the M65.

Unluckily for the driver, police had actually clocked him doing 103mph a few hundred metres earlier and have now reported him for speeding offences.

A spokesperson for the police said: "To the Mercedes driver who gave a one fingered salute to the camera technician on the bridge over the M65 today.

"We would like to assure you that you were in fact captured a few hundred metres earlier doing 103mph.

"You will soon be invited to explain this in court."

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