A danger driver who led police on a cocaine-fuelled 90mph chase whilst driving an unlicenced and uninsured car has been locked up for almost two years.
Michael Moody was also banned from the roads for almost four years.
Moody was heard to have a lengthy list of convictions stretching back to the 1980s including many traffic-related offences and three previous offences of dangerous driving.
Bradford Crown Court heard how Moody, 55, of Langdale Street, Elland, was spotted by police behind the wheel of a silver Mercedes SLK that jumped a red light at the junction of Albert Street and New Road in Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, on the afternoon of September 20, 2023.
Prosecutor Verity Barnes said Moody drove off at speed, overtaking other cars and an HGV, and was pursued by the police car at 60mph in a 30mph zone.
He ignored the patrol car's sirens and blue lights and took off on Burnley Road in the direction of Halifax.
His speed reached 90mph as he forced his way through traffic and even mounted the pavement to overtake other vehicles, damaging the Mercedes' tyres in the process.
After a pursuit lasting several minutes Moody stopped the Mercedes as he was struggling to keep control.
But as a police car pulled alongside him, he exited the Mercedes and attempted to climb over the police car's bonnet.
He then made off on foot but was caught and detained.
A roadside drugs test showed a positive reading and after being arrested Moody was found with both cocaine and cannabis in his system.
Checks revealed that Moody's driving licence has been revoked in 2018, and he was not insured to drive.
In an interview Moody said he had bought the car for his partner three weeks earlier and was going to get an MoT.
He then gave "no comment" answers to all other questions.
He pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, two counts of driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit, no insurance, and no driving licence.
The court heard that Moody had 28 previous convictions for 128 offences including 25 of having no insurance between 1983 and 2001 and three instances of dangerous driving in 1998 to 1999.
Mitigating, Saf Salam said the incident had coincided with the breakdown of a longstanding relationship that had led in turn to Moody using illicit substances.
He said there had been no further offending since the dangerous driving incident, and that Moody was now free of opiates.
Sentencing Moody to 19 months imprisonment for dangerous driving plus a further three months for having tested positive for cocaine, making a total of 22 months, Mr Recorder Abdul Iqbal KC said he had put his own life and the lives of others at risk.
He added: "You were driving at those [high] speeds on public highways whilst under the influence of controlled drugs without any insurance or a driving licence.
"This must be a sentence of immediate imprisonment."
Moody was disqualified from driving for three years and 11 months.