School run chase

A man in the UK picked up his children from school, only to become involved in a high speed police pursuit. The man was moving away from the school when officers spotted the car, which was flashed up on their screen as belonging to a known offender who was disqualified from driving.
May 16, 2014 Read time: 2 mins
A man in the UK picked up his children from school, only to become involved in a high speed police pursuit. The man was moving away from the school when officers spotted the car, which was flashed up on their screen as belonging to a known offender who was disqualified from driving. The driver spotted the police and headed for the busy M5 motorway where he put his foot down in an attempt to evade his pursuers. Once on the motorway he drove his car at speeds of over 160km/h, weaved from lane to lane between other vehicles and also overtook illegally on the inside. Veering off the motorway the man continued to drive at high speed along a dual-carriageway, running a red light before smashing into another car. Leaving his three terrified children in the rear of his battered car, the man attempted to run away before being brought to the ground by a police officer. The children were unharmed although the occupant of the car he crashed into, an 80 year old woman, was injured.

At the time of the offence he was driving while disqualified and did not have insurance, which increased the severity of the penalties imposed. In court the man was disqualified once more for dangerous driving, his sixth conviction for this offence. It was also revealed in court that he had 11 previous convictions for driving while disqualified. He was given an 18 month jail sentence for dangerous driving along with a four month sentence (consecutively) for driving while disqualified. He was disqualified from driving for 10 years, though given his past record for ignoring this legal technicality it remains to be seen whether he will commit further similar offences.

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