Clare man drove quad bike at 100k/ph because Garda car blue lights 'freaked him out'

'You are very lucky you are not going to Limerick Prison, judge told accused

Accused was charged with dangerous driving and judge instead convicted him of careless driving on June 24, 2020, and fined him €200. Picture Dan Linehan

An east Clare man reached speeds of 100k/ph on his quad bike in a high-speed chase with gardaí across four townlands near the village of Tulla over two years ago.

At Killaloe District Court sitting in Ennis, Judge Alec Gabbett banned Jake James, 27, of Uggoon Upper, Tulla, in east Clare, from driving for two years and told him "you are very lucky you are not going to Limerick Prison”.