A driver has successfully challenged a speeding ticket thanks to vehicle tracking technology installed in his van.

Gareth Powell was clocked doing 61mph in a 50mph limit on A4174 near Bristol in November last year, while he was working as an employee of MD Building Services Ltd.

But vehicle tracking records from Navman Wireless proved that his Ford Transit Connect van had in fact been travelling at 48mph.

The case was dismissed by the District Judge at Bath & Wansdyke Magistrates Court on Friday October 30.