Ex-joyrider backs York paper's driving campaign

A former joyrider who crashed his father's car is backing the York Press "Live now, drive later" campaign. Alex McIntosh, now 23, was 18 when he took the car without permission and caused £8,000 worth of damage by crashing it. He urges teenagers not to give into temptation by doing what he did and supports the Press's plan to produce a hard-hitting video which it hopes to screen in schools. McIntosh says that it needs to shock teenagers into realising joyriding isn't a joke. (Via York Press)