A narcotics dealer was involved with a high-speed police pursuit when he abruptly braked, sending him flying over his handlebars into a bush.
Dash-cam video captures the moment Jack Quick, who was being chased through a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, braked to avoid striking a truck and flung himself into the air.
On September 10, 2020, traffic officers saw the 26-year-old in Church Warsop after obtaining information about drug sales activities nearby.
The motorcyclist accelerated off into the distance as authorities approached him as he waited in line at a roundabout.
Quick recklessly wove through traffic as police chased after him, disobeying orders to stop and refusing to slow down.
The careless rider once swerved to escape an approaching automobile and climbed the sidewalk on a blind turn while still moving quickly.
He came to a stop when he didn’t use the brakes quickly enough as he neared an intersection, just missing a vehicle and was thrown straight over the handlebars into a bush.
Quick miraculously avoided harm and attempted to flee before being apprehended by authorities on foot soon after.
Officers discovered 40 cannabis wraps in his backpack, and during a search of his residence, they also discovered a large sum of cash, more cannabis, and many “burner” phones.
On Tuesday (30/8), Quick entered a plea of guilty to reckless driving and possession with the intent to distribute Class B narcotics.
After being given an 18-month prison term with a two-year suspension, he barely escaped going to jail.
In addition, Quick, of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, was given a two-year driving ban and was had to undertake 150 hours of unpaid labour.
Recorder Michael Auty QC said at sentencing that the two crimes you are here for today are quite severe.
You wouldn’t have to sit where I do for very long to realise that those individuals are morons if they believe that cannabis is a safe substance.
You almost killed yourself as a result of your horrible driving, which also gave you the opportunity to easily murder someone else.
PC After the incident, Josh Martin of the Nottinghamshire Police said: “Quick’s driving that day was utterly irresponsible and shouldn’t ever be reproduced on our roads.”
He might have easily caused significant injuries to both himself and other road users, as the court correctly noted.
Similarly, the notion that selling cannabis is a victimless crime and that it doesn’t do any damage to anybody is completely false.
Cannabis usage may have a permanent negative impact on a person’s mental health, and its manufacture often has ties to more widespread organised crime, which destroys lives.
There is no justification for anybody to trade narcotics on our streets, and our force is dedicated to eliminating this kind of behaviour from our neighbourhoods.