Speedy quad bike brute caused chaos on roads
A SERIAL dangerous driver nearly caused a woman to crash with her children in the car while he was driving a quad bike.
Ben McCulloch and a pal took to the streets of Barrhead on the bike on September 3, last year.
Police received an anonymous phone call in relation to males racing down Main Street, Barrhead, causing excessive noise.
Calls were received at 4pm, 5pm, 5.40pm and 8pm all relating to McCulloch’s behaviour.
One witness called the police due to the excessive noise and continual breaking of the bikes.
It was noted that the drivers were travelling so fast that they had to slam on the breaks and eventually lost control.
The bikes were travelling so fast down Aurs Road, Kelburn Street and Peat Road in Pollok, that other drivers were having to break frequently, causing them to lose control.
Around 8pm, one witness was travelling along a Barrhead road in their car with children while McCulloch, of Bourock Square in Barrhead, was on the quad bike.
The two were travelling in the direction of a roundabout but due to the excessive noise and speed of the bike, the woman was left startled.
McCulloch proceeded to drive extremely close to her car before undertaking so that she too had to conduct an emergency stop.
Police officers eventually caught up with the Barrhead man and placed him under caution and charge to which he replied: “F*** off, no f*****g reply.”
McCulloch appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court after pleading guilty to driving the quad bike dangerously and in an erratic manner, applying the brakes whilst the vehi- cle was in motion, causing other vehicles to lose traction on the road, overtaking other cars on the inside and driving at excessive speed for the type of road they were on.
Sheriff Bonner told the accused that he “needed a lesson on how to behave on the road”, noting that he has other offences of danger driving.
McCulloch was ordered to undertake 180 hours of unpaid work within nine months.
He will also be under the supervision of the social work department for 12 months.