Driver Jailed for Filming Dangerous Stunt

0:00On March 17th, a 21-year-old driver from Beaston Nottingham named Jack Slack basically convicted himself by posting a video of his own. Dangerous driving on Facebook. In the clip, he blasts through a red light at 70 mph in his Volkswagen Polo, then keeps speeding up to 75 mph. While overtaking cars recklessly through Mansfield, a member of the public spotted the footage and tipped off Nottinghamshire Police on October 30th, 2024. Offices quickly matched Slack's car registration to traffic camera data from the incident three days earlier, pinpointing the exact time and place. Slack got two notices of intended prosecution and admitted he was behind the wheel, though he skipped questions in a police interview. He first pleaded nigh guilty, but later changed that to guilty on the dangerous driving charge. Earlier this month, a Nottingham Crown Court judge handed down an eight-month prison sentence suspended for two years. Slack also faces an 18-month driving ban, 150 hours of unpaid work, and he'll need an extended

1:04test to driving in. Police officer Dean Moburn called it rare for someone to hand over such clear evidence against themselves, stressing that courts and cops won't. Tolerate this kind of risky road behavior.