Watch: Dangerous Smethwick driver who hit 100mph at illegal car meet given road ban

Traffic officers at West Midlands Police were patrolling the A38 Sutton Coldfield Bypass on the evening of June 30 last year when they saw a large number of vehicles parked up, indicating street racing was taking place.

Officers in an unmarked police car spotted dangerous driver Kamil Rybicki behind the wheel of a Red Seat Leon at high speed which was caught on bodycam footage.

The 24-year-old exceeded 100mph and drove through a red light before travelling back up the dual carriageway at speed.

At the other end of the carriageway, he drove through another red light. Traffic officers in another vehicle eventually stopped Rybicki and he was arrested for dangerous driving.

Rybicki, of High Street, Smethwick, went on to plead guilty to dangerous driving and was handed a High Level Community Order for 12 months with a requirement to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work for the community.

He was banned from driving for 12 months and will have to take an extended driving test. He was also ordered to pay £200 court costs and a victim surcharge of £114 at Birmingham Magistrates Court on February 18.

'He put the lives of motorists at risk'

West Midlands Police PC Mark Campbell, from Op Hercules which combats street racing, said: “Rybicki was driving in a very dangerous manner, at speeds exceeding 100mph, where he put the lives of motorists at risk. 

"Rybicki will now have to complete unpaid work for the community and has been banned from driving for 12 months.

“We need motorists to understand that we won’t tolerate illegal street racing or cruising on the region’s roads and will take action against motorists who flout the law and put other road users at risk.

"Our ultimate aim is to keep people safe. People have been killed and seriously injured while street racing and it’s simply unacceptable to put other motorists at risk in such a reckless way.

“We work closely with our partners on a range of tactics to identify, disrupt and enforce against those taking part or observing. Our priority is keeping the roads safe for all.”

There is a ban on street racing in Birmingham and the Black Country due to High Court rulings and anyone breaching it will be in contempt of court and could face penalties including imprisonment, a fine, or an order to have their assets seized.

The injunctions prohibit people driving, being a passenger or rider at a gathering where there is motor racing, stunts or other dangerous or obstructive driving. 

They cover Birmingham and the whole of the boroughs of Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall.

Incidents of street racing can be reported to West Midlands Police via the Live Chat function on its website or by calling 101.