Banned driver is warned: ‘You could kill next time’

as Smith drove through Stainland village and reached speeds of 70mph in 30 and 40mph zones.

She was unable to provide information to the judge about any injuries or damage caused in the collision with the taxi, but the court heard that Smith had 27 previous convictions for 41 offences.

In July last year Smith, of no fixed abode, was jailed for dangerous driving and told he would have to take mandatory extended re-test at the end his 30-month ban.

Smith pleaded guilty to charges of dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, driving without insurance and possession of cannabis. lady who had fallen whilst out walking near Thornton Moor Reservoir and sustained a dislocated shoulder.”

A team of 22 volunteers were en route to the scene, which was on the moors near Keighley, within 12 minutes of the call shortly before 11am.

Half an hour later, the woman had been found and was given pain relief. After being carried on a stretcher to safety, doctors replaced her shoulder and she was taken to hospital.

Jailing Smith for 14 months Judge Rose explained that the maximum sentence allowed by law for dangerous driving was two years and although the incident was a bad one it was not the worst of its kind.

The judge decided the starting point for the prison term should be 21 months but Smith’s early guilty plea meant he was entitled to a third off that sentence.

The court heard that Smith had bought the MG vehicle to do up and sell and he claimed that he had only been driving that night because he had a row with his girlfriend and he wanted to get away.

Judge Rose told Smith he was lucky to be alive after seeing the footage of the ridiculous speeds he had been driving at that night.

“You could have killed yourself,” the judge told Smith.

“You could have killed a member of the public or the police officers who were pursuing you.

“The rules are made by the law and you will obey them or you will serve longer and longer prison sentences.”

The judge banned Smith from driving again for three years and seven months and warned him not to drive again until he had passed the extended re-test.

“The next time you drive you may kill someone and the sentence will be measured in years,” the judge warned him.