A banned driver drove the wrong way on a motorway in Leeds as he tried to escape police.
Jimmy Price drove westbound in heavy traffic on the eastbound carriageway on the M62 during an 11-minute police chase on March 24.
A judge said it was 'difficult to imagine a worse piece of driving' as he jailed Price for 18 months.
The 22-year-old dad-of-two was eventually arrested when he left the motorway, mounted a kerb and the tyres fell off his van.
Leeds Crown Court heard Price and two passengers were travelling northbound on the M1 when police indicated for him to pull over.
Caroline Abrahams, prosecuting, said Price failed to stop and joined the M62.
The 22-year-old left the motorway at Tingley roundabout and tried to force his way through heavy traffic.
He then went back onto the motorway in the wrong direction and headed west in the eastbound carriageway.
Police abandoned the pursuit but managed to track him from the westbound carriageway.
Price drove towards oncoming traffic then left the motorway at the next exit.
He drove at 80mph in a 50mph zone on Gelderd Road and then joined Whitehall Road.
He went through red lights, drove dangerously through roadworks then on to Walsh Lane where he narrowly avoided hitting a pedestrian.
Tyres and other debris began to fall off the vehicle after Price struck a kerb.
The defendant was caught after he abandoned the vehicle and tried to run away.
He refused to comment when questioned bout the incident.
Price, of Leaway, Wigan, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and having no insurance.
Richard Dawson, mitigating, said Price is a married father-of-two who had a 'moment of madness' when he seen police and panicked.
Judge Simon Batiste told Price he had driven in a 'furious and dangerous way'.
He said: "As a father you ought to reflect on the damage you might have caused to other children."
Price was also disqualified from driving for five years and nine months.
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