SOUTH COAST & CHANNEL ISLANDS
Speeding RIB
A boat owner who drove a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) around 18 knots – almost three times the speed limit – in Falmouth’s inner harbour on a busy summer’s day has been ordered to pay £3,061 in fines and costs by Magistrates in Truro, Cornwall.
David Morgan, aged 51, of Lawn Drive, Chudleigh, Newton Abbot, pleaded guilty to navigating a RIB over the speed limit, unnecessarily navigating through moorings and failing to navigate with care and caution during the incident in July 2023. Footage from the harbour’s new high-definition CCTV system, which aided prosecution for the first time, showed Morgan using his mobile phone, not using a kill-cord or wearing a lifejacket.
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