A man has been banned for slow driving after proceeding at a crawl along a series of high-speed roads - before crashing into stationary police car.
Colin Fotheringham, 44, drove a damaged VW Tiguan R-Line along the M9, then the M876 and finally the A9 towards Larbert, Stirlingshire.
Falkirk Sheriff Court heard that he drove at 20 miles an hour along the M9, failing to stop when directed to so by a pursuing police car that was displaying flashing blue lights and "sounding its klaxons".
He then went as slow as 10 miles an hour up the M876 in the direction of Dennyloanhead, driving onto the hard shoulder and swerving about.
Fotheringham then turned onto the A9, where the collision with the stationary marked police vehicle occurred.
The incident occurred on January 14th 2021.
On Monday Fotheringham, of Grangemouth, also Stirlingshire, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving.
Defence agent Gordon Addison asked the court to obtain reports before sentencing.
He said: "Mr Fotheringham's background is of some significance and a social work report would be of assistance."
Sheriff Mark Thorley deferred sentence until May 12th for a criminal justice social work report, and banned Fotheringham from driving with immediate effect.
He also called for a restriction of liberty order assessment, to see if Fotheringham is suitable for a sentence involving an electronic ankle tag and a home curfew.
The length of the driving ban will be decided at the sentencing hearing.
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