A SWINDON driver caught going almost double the speed limit on Great Western Way has been banned from the roads for three years and fined.

Shortly before 11pm on October 25 last year, police spotted a BMW 118 racing down the 30mph section of road towards the Bruce Street Bridges roundabout at 59mph.

Officers stopped the car on North Star Avenue and arrested 31-year-old Lee Black of Cagney Drive in Abbey Meads before taking him to Gablecross Police Station while the car was seized.

At the station, Black failed to complete the breathalyser procedure by providing insufficient samples.

He pleaded guilty to exceeding a 30mph speed limit and failing to provide a specimen for analysis at Swindon Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

Magistrates disqualified him from driving for 36 months, fined him £500 and ordered him to pay court costs and a victim surcharge.

The disqualification will be reduced by 274 days if he completes a driving course as instructed by the court.

PC Jasmin Windsor-Hichens said: "This driver put lives at unnecessary risk but going nearly twice the speed limit and showed a disregard for the law by failing to provide a sample when asked to do so.

“There is no cheating the system and failure to provide a specimen is taken very seriously by the courts.

“Our message is simple, speeding and drink driving increase the likelihood of a road traffic collisions which could result in serious injury or death. There is never an excuse.”

Anyone who is suspicious of someone driving dangerously or under the influence of alcohol should call 101 and give as much information as possible, including the driver's details or description and their car registration.

Anyone who thinks that a crime is being committed and somebody is already behind the wheel should call 999.