Dangerous driver found via selfies

Selfies taken by a motorist led directly to his prosecution on multiple counts of dangerous driving after he took off at speed from gardaí through red lights in Cork city.

The motorist was approached at Lavitt’s Quay by Garda Kevin Connolly but drove off over Patrick’s Bridge through a red light, went through another red light on the other side, and continued through a third one on Bridge St before proceeding up Patrick’s Hill against a one-way system in the early hours of February 27.

Garda Connolly decided, in the interests of public safety, that it would be safer to discontinue the pursuit. However, the motorist was still detected definitively with the help of his own phone. The car was abandoned at Grosvenor’s Place off Wellington Rd a short time later. The driver and his two passengers ran away.