An ambulance mechanic has lost his job after he was caught roaring along the A90 at 108mph.
Motorcyclist Corrie Aimable-Erskine was followed by police for six miles after they clocked his extreme speed near the Inchture turn-off.
Officers believed any collision caused by the 27-year-old’s high speed would have ended in tragedy.
Aimable-Erskine, from Innerleithen in the Scottish Borders, appeared at Perth Sheriff Court and admitted driving dangerously on June 18 last year.
He was fined £1,080 and banned from the road for 12 months.
‘No excuse’
Sheriff William Wood told him: “There is no excuse for this.
“Clearly you were enjoying being out on your motorbike and going at some speed.
“But this is a road that does have a number of different slip roads and pedestrian areas and any collision would have been likely to have been fatal – particularly for you, given how unprotected motorcyclists are.”
Fiscal depute Nicole Lewis said police on patrol spotted Aimable-Erskine at about 9.50pm.
“They observed the accused’s motorcycle travelling at excess speeds.
“The speed limit for the road was 70mph but he was recording travelling at 108mph.”
She said: “Police then followed the accused for approximately six miles.
“The bike continued to travel at speeds in excess of 100mph.”
Driving home after camper van rescue
Solicitor Ronnie Simpson, defending, told the court: “Mr Aimable-Erskine is a mechanic for the Scottish Ambulance Service.
“That employment will come to an end today because of the loss of his driving licence.”
He said: “He lives in a rural location and he cannot get to work by public transport, so he is going to be constrained to looking for employment in the immediate vicinity where he resides.”
Mr Simpson said his client had “never been in trouble before” and had no penalty points.
“On this particular occasion, he had been using his skills as a mechanic to help with a camper van,” he said.
“He was on his way home from doing that when he was spotted by the police.”
Ton-up drivers
Aimable-Erskine appeared in court the day after biker Kevin Flynn who admitted speeding along the A94 at 120mph – double the speed limit.
Flynn, 38, from Balbeggie, was fined £335 and disqualified from driving for four-and-a-half months.
Last month, Bruce Keillor appeared in the same court and admitted doing 116mph in a Land Rover on the M90.
The 24-year-old was fined £750 and was allowed to keep his licence, with six penalty points imposed.
