A driver is asking for the £300 back he claims a driver awareness course cost him, after the original speeding ticket was scrapped.
Following a speeding fine Dave Charlton is said to have agreed to take the course to avoid getting points on his licence.
But after taking the day off work and paying for the course he found out he was one of 3,000 drivers who reportedly had their ticket cancelled near Bangor, Gwynedd.
Mr Charlton, from Northumberland, now says he is £300 out of pocket and wants his money back, reports the BBC.
Mr Charlton was taking a regular visit to north Wales and was travelling along the A5 in December 2006 at Maesgeirchen, when his wife spotted a speed camera van.
He claims he looked at his speedo and was only travelling at 30 or 31 mph.
He later received a notice saying he was to be prosecuted for travelling at 35 mph in a 30 mph zone.
After agreeing to take the course he was told he would have to take it in north Wales and drove 200 miles each way.
After he took the course he reportedly was told Gwynedd Council had not done the paperwork properly to allow a new 30 mph limit to be enforced on the stretch of road.
'I thought, I've done all this for something I shouldn't have had to do, it's cost me probably around £300 with loss of wages, travelling costs, course fee, admin fee,' the supply teacher told the BBC.
'I'm out of pocket for an offence I did not commit, basically because someone couldn't do their job properly.'
Gwynedd Council said last night they were unable to comment on the case.
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