FOUR drivers have been punished after dash cam footage shared with the police led to their prosecution.
The footage was viewed during a special Extra Eyes traffic hearing at Colchester Magistrates’ Court after all four motorists admitted offences.
The biggest fine was dished out to the driver of a Mercedes leaving a car meet in north Essex at about midnight on June 25.
He was fined £466 and issued five penalty points after he admitted burning tyres, causing smoke to obscure the road.
A van driver was handed three penalty points and fined £133 for an incident on June 14 in Southend.
They admitted overtaking a cyclist while driving on the wrong side of a keep left bollard.
A third driver who was behind the wheel of an Audi also received points and a £233 fine for a close pass with a cyclist in Silver End on July 5.
And the case of a Renault Clio motorist who was captured using the hard shoulder to overtake stationary traffic on the M11 was heard.
He was fined £216 and issued three penalty points on his licence.
All four drivers were ordered to pay £110 costs and victim surcharges.
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