Man avoids driving ban after speeding 88mph on M40

Aftab Ahmad has avoided a driving ban after being caught speeding on the M40.

Aftab Ahmad, 51, of Hagley Road in Edgbaston, Birmingham, admitted driving at 88mph on the southbound M40 between junctions 9 and 10, near the B4030 overbridge, on September 6, 2025.

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He appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on April 7, where he was given three penalty points and fined £666.

Ahmad was also ordered to pay a £266 victim surcharge and £120 in costs by May 19.

The court’s decision not to disqualify him from driving was based on exceptional hardship grounds.

Magistrates ruled that a ban would severely impact his patients, who rely on his care.

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Court records said: “The Bench found Exceptional Hardship.

“If disqualified, the Defendant’s patients (for whom they provide Palliative Care) would suffer Exceptional Hardship.

“The Bench exercised its discretion not to disqualify in view of the circumstances of the Defendant’s patients.”

Penalty points were endorsed on Ahmad’s licence.

The offence was contrary to regulation 3 of the Motorways Traffic (Speed Limit) Regulations 1974, section 17(4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.