A Perth learner driver left his friends in hospital after he rolled a car 15-feet into a field on an uninsured joyride.
Jack Ferguson is now banned after he returned to court for sentencing, having previously admitted two charges of dangerous driving.
Ferguson picked up three friends at around 7.40pm on April 14 last year before leaving Perth, towards Crieff.
He drew the attention of residents who were at home when he shot past their home near Huntingtower.
One said the 20-year-old was going faster than he had ever seen a driver pass his home.
Rolled into field
Ferguson lost control of the speeding Vauxhall Corsa, clipped a verge and rolled the car and its three passengers multiple times, landing in a field in a cloud of smoke and dust.
Provisional licence holder Ferguson walked away from the crash without a scratch, Perth Sheriff Court heard.
Emergency services found the vehicle and three passengers upturned in a field and paramedics took two of them, both covered in blood, to Ninewells to be kept in overnight.
One suffered concussion, short term memory loss and had a laceration on his chin, which required eight stitches.
He also had to have a cut on the back of his head glued shut.
Ferguson had no L-plates or insurance at the time.
Banned
Ferguson also sped through streets in Perth earlier the same April and forced another driver to take evasive action.
The incident ended with a confrontation with the other motorist.
The court heard Ferguson drove through Tulloch Road, Primrose Crescent and Langside Road on April 5, while failing to keep a safe distance behind another vehicle.
He then tried to overtake it while unsafe to do so, drove at excessive speed and entered a roundabout on the wrong side, causing the other car to take evasive action.
Solicitor Paul Ralph explained his client, of Tweedsmuir Road in Perth, had no previous convictions.
Sheriff Nigel Cooke placed him on a structured deferred sentence and disqualified him for 21 months for the crash and a year for the earlier incident.
Ferguson must also resit the extended test before driving again.
The sheriff said: “These were two episodes of very bad driving.
“You’re a young man. You’re clearly a very inexperienced driver.
“You’re not going to be driving for a while.”
