| Last December Formula One race car driver | | | | rates |
| Lewis Hamilton was caught speeding in his | | | | Speeding and sports stars seems to go together |
| Mercedes CLK on a French motorway. He then | | | | famous boxer Amir Khan could have done with |
| had his driving license suspended for 30 days he | | | | some friendly advice on speeding, he may have |
| was caught doing 121mph in an 80 mph zone he | | | | then avoided knock out blow from the judge |
| was also fined £430, he like many may have | | | | which included a six week ban and £1,000 |
| been under the impression that he could walk | | | | fine for driving his 6 series BMW along |
| away from speeding fines outside the UK. | | | | Manchester's M62 at 155 Mph for no less than 11 |
| This is not the case new rules from Brussels say | | | | hair raising miles. |
| that a tourist fined or receiving a fixed penalty for | | | | Another famous pugilist Frank Bruno was fined |
| anything over £50 within the EU will receive | | | | £60 plus costs of £43 when he fell foul |
| a court summons no matter where they live. | | | | of the law on the A1 near Barrowby when he |
| Of course Hamilton is not the only Celeb to be | | | | was sucker punched by the police for driving at |
| caught in speed traps both at home and abroad. | | | | 92mph. Former Eastender Dean Gaffney aka |
| Supermodel Caprice was pulled over in December | | | | Robbie Jackson managed to get himself in hot |
| 2005 for racing down Tottenham Court Road in | | | | water at 98mph in a 50 zone resulting in a |
| London she was fined £1,000 and also had to | | | | relatively small fine of £115 but he also |
| pay £2,500 costs. | | | | received 3 points on his licence. |
| Then there is Jordan's other half Peter Andre | | | | We do expect some "Celebs" to be more |
| stopped for flying along in his Mercedes in July | | | | responsible than others such as the Right |
| 2005, his 49mph in a 30mph zone even his highly | | | | Honourable Harriet Harman MP who was fined |
| paid expert legal advice couldn't stop him from | | | | £400 and banned for a week for running her |
| receiving a ban from driving as well as a | | | | Bentley at a not so regal 99Mph near Bristol. |
| £500 as well as £35 in costs. | | | | It seems that there are lots of Celebs who could |
| Then there was the case of the cricketers who | | | | use some advice on speeding, or a little less |
| thought they were race car drivers, Surrey | | | | inclination to believe that they are above the |
| player Rikki Clarkeand his Middlesex counterpart | | | | speeding laws that govern us mere mortals. They |
| Owais Shah were pulled in for racing along the M1 | | | | may often have access to expert legal advice |
| in Nottingham, each received a fine of £800 | | | | that many of us could not afford, but it's a poor |
| for driving at 125mph in addition the pair received | | | | excuse for floating the law. |
| a two month ban and a huge increase in insurance | | | | |