An Evatt man recently released from jail is back behind bars after allegedly speeding at up to 200km/h and running multiple red lights while on methamphetamine.
Jayden Charles Mann, 39, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday morning and charged with driving while disqualified, reckless or dangerous driving, drug-driving and failing to stop for police.
Police accuse Mann of driving a Holden Statesman down Sulwood Drive in Wanniassa before running a red light and speeding at up to 200km/h on the Tuggeranong Parkway.
Mann then allegedly sped at 170km/h in a 60km/h zone and ran red lights on Belconnen Way, at Aranda, and on Caswell Drive.
Police followed the vehicle as it crossed the median strip onto the incorrect side of the road on Ginninderra Drive in Bruce and continued at 140km/h in an 80km/h zone.
The 39-year-old allegedly continued to drive at high speeds through Lawson and Kaleen, failing to stop for police and nearly hitting a car reversing out of a driveway.
Police state they set up road spikes and the back-left tyre of the car was punctured, however the vehicle kept moving.
The Holden finally came to a stop when Mann allegedly drove onto a footpath and then lost control of the car on Solong Street in Lawson.
Mann and a male passenger allegedly then ran from police before the 39-year-old was arrested.
Police allege Mann tested positive for drugs and "stated he had consumed about a point of ice three hours ago".
In the ACT Magistrates Court on Thursday, a Legal Aid duty lawyer applied for bail of Mann's behalf, stating Mann "concedes he should not have been driving last night".
The lawyer explained Mann's 10-month-old baby was teething and said he was going to his mother's house to get medicine for the baby, as neither he nor his partner had any money.
She told the court he had "panicked" when he saw police, and that the car in question had been written off as a result of what ensued.
Prosecutor Mark Wadsworth opposed Mann's bail application, saying Mann was a repeat offender in terms of drug-driving and driving while disqualified.
Mr Wadsworth also noted Mann had been on bail and a good behaviour order, which included the condition of not driving a motor vehicle.
Magistrate Robert Cook denied Mann freedom because he was "not satisfied bail conditions could be put in place to ameliorate the risk to the community".
Mann, who did not enter pleas, appeared from a remote room that he left before Mr Cook had finished talking.
He is due before the court again at a later date.
