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21
Oct 2020
Cannabis driver disqualified after skidding into skid risk sign
Harrogate magistrates heard how Harry Waudby, 20, lost control of his car and crashed in front of a passing police vehicle.
The scene of the crash in Tockwith.
A drug driver who skidded into a skid risk road sign has been handed a year-long driving ban.
Harry Franklin Waudby, 20, of Wetherby, lost control of his car and crashed in front of a police vehicle in Tockwith in June.
The officers just happened to be passing when they saw the crash and stopped to help.
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Nobody was seriously hurt in the incident but Waudby tested positive for cannabis.
At a hearing at Harrogate Magistrates' Court, he pleaded guilty to drug driving .
As well as the 12 month driving disqualification, the magistrates fined Waudby £233 and told him to pay £85 in court costs.
Speaking after the sentencing, traffic constable Michael Rowan said:
"As traffic officers we frequently deal with drug drivers and it's an incredibly selfish and dangerous offence. Anyone who does it is a hazard to themselves as well as innocent road users, and we endeavour to catch as many as possible."
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