Bucks drivers have been fined hundreds of pounds and given points on their licence for driving at 60mph on the motorway.

Drivers have appeared in courts in the last month charged with speeding on the M4.

Although the maximum speed on the motorway is usually 70mph, the limit has been reduced to 50mph on some stretches of the road while works to upgrade it to a smart motorway are carried out.

The following drivers were charged with exceeding a temporary speed restriction on a motorway.

Emma Louise Kerr, aged 22, of Dovetail Close in High Wycombe, was caught driving a Toyota Aygo at 68mph between junction 8/9 and junction 10 on October 10.

At a hearing at Oxford Magistrates Court on May 5, she was fined £440, told to pay £134 costs and given four points on her licence.

Sha Ahmin, aged 32, of Chiltern Avenue in High Wycombe was caught driving a Volkswagen Scirocco on the same stretch at 67mph on September 18.

At a hearing at Oxford Magistrates Court on April 15, they were fined £250, told to pay £124 costs and given three points on their licence.

On September 25, Kurtney Cookson Brooks, aged 29, of Eight Acres in High Wycombe, was caught driving a Citroen van at 60mph through the same 50mph restriction.

Brooks was fined £100, told to pay £24 costs and given three penalty points at Oxford Magistrates Court on April 22.