A MOTORCYCLIST put the lives of innocent people in danger after hurtling across junctions without stopping in a bid to flee from a pursuing police car.
It was only by pure good luck that nobody was seriously hurt in his reckless, panic-stricken attempts to speed away from the scene, a court heard.
Levi Blakey, 22, of Ladysmith Road, Grimsby, admitted dangerous driving, failing to stop for police, having no insurance and driving with the wrong class of licence on August 26.
Phillip Evans, prosecuting, told Grimsby Crown Court that police spotted Blakey riding a motorcycle just before 2.10pm.
He failed to stop at three give-way signs leading on to more major roads in the Lambert Road area of Grimsby.
"The police could not keep up with him because they had to give way at the three crossroads.
He sped off after looking round at the officers and they lost sight of him.
Simon Hirst, mitigating, said Blakey panicked when he saw the police because he did not have a licence.
"He made his own position vastly worse, not to mention putting the public at risk," said Mr Hirst. "By good fortune, no other vehicles or pedestrians were caused a problem. He attended voluntarily at the police station."
The distance Blakey drove was relatively short and the speed he reached did not reach much above 30mph, added Mr Hirst.
Blakey had been working part-time at a factory and had a daughter aged two.
Recorder Richard Woolfall told Blakey: "You crossed dangerously three crossroads against give-way signs. You sped across and took a chance.
"It's only pure good fortune that you or, more importantly, members of the public were not seriously injured, as they could have been if you had collided with them.
"This was a serious offence. This prolonged period of deliberate driving is so serious that only a sentence of immediate custody can be justified."
Blakey was also in breach of a six-month suspended prison sentence imposed at the same court in November 2010 for an offence of assault, causing actual bodily harm.
He was jailed for nine months and was banned from driving for 15 months. He must pass an extended retest.
