A driver has been lambasted for travelling at a “recklessly dangerous” speed outside a primary school.
Shocked officials said the motorist’s behaviour beggared belief and warned it could easily have ended in tragedy.
The driver was caught doing 62mph on the busy A91 at Gateside on Tuesday afternoon while the school, which is next to the main road, was in session. The area is a 30mph zone.
The driver will now be the subject of a report to the procurator fiscal.
North East Fife MSP Willie Rennie said he hoped the publicity would serve as a warning to other drivers.
“This was a recklessly dangerous speed for such a small village, and the fact it was outside a primary school makes it worse,” he said.
“People should know by now that such speeds can cause death and we should thank the police for catching this individual.”
Officers from the East Fife Safety Camera Unit spent an hour-and-a-half in Gateside on Tuesday and have pledged to continue their checks in the wake of their findings. They have been carrying out a number of monitoring patrols in the area since the schools went back after the summer holiday last week.
While most drivers have been complying with the 30mph limit near the school at the west end of the village, officials said they could not believe the speed of the driver in question.
Safety camera unit manager Andy Jones said: “How anyone thinks that travelling over twice the speed limit is acceptable beggars belief. Compound this with the proximity to the primary school and this could so easily have resulted in tragedy.”
The limit in Gateside was reduced from 40mph to 30mph in 2005.