Police have released footage of a driver's dangerous overtake, a "14-second lapse in judgment" that has landed him with a 12-month ban from the road and impact his employment.
Steven Thomas, aged 46, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after a dash cam captured his risky manoeuvre in Chapel Lane in Great Barr, on the afternoon of December 21 last year.
The footage shows the Kia car being driven by Thomas overtaking several cars waiting at a 'give way' sign on a narrow road, driving directly towards a car coming in the opposite direction when he did not have priority, and bumping road furniture while veering back onto his left hand side of the road.
Video: West Midlands Police
Steven Thomas, aged 46, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after a dash cam captured his risky manoeuvre in Chapel Lane in Great Barr, on the afternoon of December 21 last year.
The footage shows the Kia car being driven by Thomas overtaking several cars waiting at a 'give way' sign on a narrow road, driving directly towards a car coming in the opposite direction when he did not have priority, and bumping road furniture while veering back onto his left hand side of the road.
Video: West Midlands Police
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