A Perth woman who tore away from the scene of an accident in a bid to escape blame was told she had risked her liberty.
Shelley Townsley drove into the rear of another vehicle as it slowed down on the Crieff Road, Perth, on February 1. Though asked her for her details, she instead made off and, though other motorists followed her, she eventually gave them the slip.
Police officers were, however, able to trace the 29-year-old and found that she was not the holder of a driving licence merely an expired provisional one.
She was also driving without insurance, which, Sheriff Alistair Brown said, could leave the motorist she struck significantly out of pocket.
Townsley, of Fairfield Avenue, Perth, admitted driving a car with no licence or insurance and failing to stop after the accident.
The sheriff told Townsley: “The reason that people are required to pass a driving test is so that they don’t do harm to others by driving incompetently.”
He banned Townsley from the road for two years and imposed a restriction of liberty order, requiring her to remain indoors between the hours of 7pm and 7am for the next four months.
“Breaching this order could in your case result in imprisonment,” he said.