A dangerous driver who “showed absolutely no regard for other users” and put lives at risk before crashing into a hedge has lost his licence.  

Police have now released the dashcam footage to show how Albert Loveridge was driving along the A10 on February 16.  

He was first spotted stationary in his white transit van between Chittering and Stretham on February 16 after colliding with a grey van. 

However, the 63-year-old made off in his vehicle before officers could speak to him.  

He was later captured on dashcam footage overtaking a lorry along the busy road and knocking a wing mirror off the side of an oncoming Vauxhall Crossland. 

A few moments later the force control room was contacted by a member of the public reporting a white van had crashed into a hedgerow. 

Officers found Loveridge in the passengers seat claiming his ‘mate was driving’. 

At Cambridge Crown Court on Wednesday (March 13), Loveridge, of Church Road, Wicken, Ely, was disqualified from driving for six years after previously pleading guilty to dangerous driving, driving whilst disqualified and driving without insurance. 

He was also given a 12-month community order and must pay a £500 fine. 

PC Jake Cross said: “Loveridge showed absolutely no regard for other users by driving in this incredibly dangerous manner.  

“He put the lives of others, not to mention himself at risk. 

“He will now be off the roads for a considerable period of time thanks to the sentence imposed by the courts.”