Street racer with 'poorest' driving seen by police fined after racing in Notts
A man has been sentenced after racing along the A608 Mansfield Road near the Friezeland Interchange.
A man has been fined £1,011 after being caught racing just north of Nottingham, with police describing his driving as some of the "poorest" they have ever seen.
Harry Easton, 21, was caught racing another car between two roundabouts along the A608 Mansfield Road at Junction 27 of the M1, known as Friezeland Interchange.
Police officers in an unmarked car followed him as he sped in a red BMW just before midnight on 6 April.
When they pulled him over, he was issue a Traffic Offence Report (TOR) for driving without due care and attention and without a licence. His car was also seized.
Easton, of Hammonds Drive, Peterborough, pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle without due care and attention and without insurance when he appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on August 4.
He was fined £1,011 and was ordered to pay £120 in costs and a £404 surcharge. Easton also received six points on his driving licence.
PC Lewis Cragg, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: “Easton was clearly street racing with no regard for his safety or that of any pedestrians or other motorists. It is simply luck that his driving did not result in a collision.
“I witnessed Easton driving around the roundabouts at speed far too fast to be considered safe and his poor driving fell well below that of a careful and competent driver.
“We have a zero tolerance for antisocial driving. Stunts, collisions, and excessive speed by often young and inexperienced drivers can result in life-changing injuries and fatalities on our roads.
“Motorists from across Nottinghamshire and those who travel here to race will be prosecuted.
“Our message is clear: Nottinghamshire is not a personal racetrack and we will continue to do everything we can to keep people safe, disrupt antisocial motorists, and bring offenders to justice.”
Easton was also ordered to pay £120 in costs and a £404 surcharge. He also received six points on his licence.
The officers who first stopped Easton were patrolling as part of Operation Wheelspin - Nottinghamshire Police’s targeted county-wide response to car cruising, where motorists meet to race at high speeds and perform reckless stunts.