Peterborough car meet "drifter" banned from driving
He was caught in video footage shared with police
Last updated 8th Jul 2024
A man has been disqualified from driving, after he was caught driving dangerously at two car meets in Peterborough.
Jaymie Currie, 26, was caught on video "drifting" around a roundabout in Werrington on 1st July last year.
He was issued with a section 59 warning under the Police Reform Act 2022, meaning if he or his silver BMW 320D was involved in anti-social behaviour again, the car could be seized and further action taken.
Two months later, officers were sent to a car meet in Waterworth Road, Alwalton, where a vehicle had collided with a pedestrian.
While there, police received video footage showing a silver BMW 320D drifting round a roundabout.
Currie, of Earls Court in Fletton, was identified as the driver and issued another section 59 warning, resulting in the seizure of his car.
The vehicle was examined and several major defects were identified, making it unroadworthy, dangerous to drive and in such a poor condition it wouldn’t have passed an MOT.
Currie was interviewed in relation to the findings and later charged with driving a motor vehicle dangerously after he admitted being the driver of the silver BMW and changing its wheels, but claimed he was unaware of the other defects.
He appeared at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court on Friday (28th June), where he was disqualified from driving for 18 months, and is required to pass an extended re-test before regaining his licence after admitting a charge of dangerous driving.
He has also been ordered to complete a 20-day Rehabilitation Activity Requirement and 140 hours of unpaid work.
A second man, 22-year-old Albert Hall, of High Street, Stanwick, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, was charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving in relation to the collision with the pedestrian. He has admitted the offence in court and is awaiting sentencing.
PC James Goose, from the Cambridgeshire Police Road Policing Unit, said: “Currie has shown a blatant disregard for other road users by driving in a dangerous and anti-social manner, and is very lucky there was no collision which could have been fatal to onlookers, himself, or other road users.
“I hope whilst disqualified he can take time to reflect on his actions and learn from this when it comes to completing the extended retest.
“Car meets have been a problem in Peterborough for some time and is something that RPU alongside other departments such as neighbourhood policing have been tackling. Although these events are often intended to be good-natured for car enthusiasts, they can also become incredibly dangerous and can cause damage to the roads as well as potentially putting the community at risk.”