Shocking footage of a teenager driving at speeds more than 125mph with two young children in the back seat has been released by police.
Kieran Hayward, 19, was filmed racing through Gloucester suburbs during a high speed chase after he sped off from police because he had no insurance.
The video shows Hayward on the wrong side of the road weaving past traffic during the four-mile pursuit before he was eventually stuck in congestion on the A40 bypass on April 8 this year.
Police said they were unaware at the time a baby and a five-year-old girl were in the back of the Volkswagen Golf he was driving.
Last week, Hayward was locked up in a young offenders’ institute for six months by a judge at Gloucester Crown Court.
He was also banned from driving for more than two years after admitting dangerous driving and driving without insurance.
PC Mark Wiacek, who led the pursuit, said: "I first noticed the vehicle because it had a defective number plate.
"Me and my colleague tried to pull it over but he didn't stop, he sped off and things escalated from there.
"He was weaving in and out of traffic, causing vehicles to take evasive action and at times driving in excess of 125 miles an hour.
"The footage shows a near miss on the dual carriageway where a van was pulling into lane one and the Golf had to take evasive action and undertake it on a layby.
"If the layby hadn't been there it could have been a very different story. Fortunately the vehicle was forced to come to a stop in a queue of traffic a short time later and we managed to safely extract the driver.
"I was horrified to see children in the back of the car. The five-year-old wasn't even belted up appropriately. She was wearing an adult seatbelt with no booster seat."
"When a vehicle drives off at speed and you decide to pursue it you have to make a risk assessment based on what you suspect at that moment and the impact it may have on members of the public.”
