'Can't get more dangerous': Drug driver clocks 180kph on Queensland highway in stolen car
A man who recorded himself steering a stolen car with his knees while smoking drugs has been jailed for three years.
Jake Robert Dixon was convicted of 14 offences after travelling on the wrong side of a Queensland highway while he clocked up speeds as high as 180kmh in a brazen police chase.
Magistrate Deborah Vasta labelled the 24-year-old's behaviour as "astonishingly, breathtakingly dangerous" before sentencing him.
"Cars don't get any faster than 180kmh, you can't get more dangerous than driving the wrong way," she said, according to APN.
"It was clear from your selfie that it was all a big fat joke to you.
"It really is the worst case of offending without actually crashing."
Dixon pleaded guilty to four counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, two counts of failing to stop, driving under the influence, driving with a disqualified licence, receiving tainted property, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and using fake registration plates.
“It’s a f*****g beautiful thing,” Mr Dixon can be heard saying in footage as he smokes from a pipe.
The three-hour car chase spanned through the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and Ipswich back on April 17.
Dixon has already served 176 days in pre-sentence custody and will be eligible for parole in April 2017.
His documentary of the night proved to be his downfall, as it showed exactly what had taken place.
“It’s like we’re going the wrong way on the highway, into traffic, very weird,” Mr Dixon can be heard saying in footage as he records himself.
“An hour forty-five (minutes) into it we’ve covered like all of Brisbane, all of Logan, half of Sunshine Coast, now Gold Coast,” an unidentified passenger said.
“(If we get caught) we got caught doing what we love.”
The Queensland Times petitioned the court for access to the video which was opposed by Mr Dixon's defence.
In an effort to display the effects of drugs on young drivers, the magistrate agreed that it was in the public’s interest to see the footage.
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