A sales manager from Bolton has had his vehicle adapted to monitor his speed after narrowly escaping a ban from the roads.

Wayne Sandiland, from Westhoughton, avoided being disqualified from the roads after failing to identify the driver of a car to police.

Under UK motoring law drivers who accumulate 12 points will normally be banned.

However if a motorist can show that this will cause exceptional hardship they can sometimes stay on the road.

Examples of this include impact on relatives or other people losing their jobs as a result.

And Sandiland benefited from this, but has had his car adapted to monitor speed.

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The 48-year-old was required by police in West Yorkshire to identify the driver of a Mazda in March last year.

The motorist was alleged to have been guilty of an offence.

But Sandiland failed to tell officers who it was.

The case against him was proved at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates Court in January.

Sandiland appeared in court last month to be sentenced.

And when he did so the court opted not to impose a totting up disqualification.

It found that "exceptional hardship" would be caused as a result.

Sandiland pays rent and since 1993 had been employed as a nationwide sales manager.

He is the only sales manager at the company he works for and the court heard he drives "extreme miles."

Sandiland's manager at work attended court to back this up.

The court also heard there was no other role for him at the company without a licence.

It also heard his vehicle "has been adapted to keep an eye on the speed."

Sandiland, from Holden Lea, Westhoughton, was fined £634 and his licence was given six points.

He was also ordered to pay costs of £364 and was told he could repay the amount owed at a rate of £150 per month.