A Black Watch lance corporal who drunkenly sped at 120mph the wrong way across the Tay Road Bridge has been banned from the road.
Dundee Sheriff Court previously heard Daniel McLean raced across the bridge before losing control and careering across the middle of the roundabout at the Fife end, narrowly avoiding a smash with another vehicle.
Police later discovered he was two and a half times the booze limit.
McLean had faced a possible jail sentence but was instead handed a road ban, a fine and community service.
Fiscal depute John Adams said McLean had managed to make the journey from Dundee to Fife in just 54 seconds.VIDEO: What driving across the bridge the right way in 54 seconds looks likehttps://www.youtube.com/embed/TaaMyynEV-M?rel=0
McLean’s lawyer said he had taken the wrong slip road on to the bridge and had decided to go as fast as possible to get across.
McLean, 24, of Kirkbank, Dumfries, pleaded guilty on summary complaint to charges of drink-driving and dangerous driving committed on the A92 Tay Road Bridge on June 21 this year.
Sheriff George Way imposed a community payback order with 80 hours’ unpaid work, a £300 fine and a two-year driving ban.
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