A man has been sentenced for driving without due care and attention in Chalfont St Giles.
Zamir Berisha, aged 39, of Costons Lane, Greenford, London, was found guilty of one count of driving a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road without due care and attention at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on Friday (12/4).
He was ordered to pay a total of £1,110 in fines, surcharges and costs.
On the evening of the 28 July last year, Berisha was driving on the A413 Amersham Road and failed to notice a marked police vehicle with activated lights and sirens behind him on its way to an emergency.
Berisha was not checking his mirrors or paying due care and attention, he also overtook numerous other vehicles that had noticed the police vehicle and had pulled to the side of the road to let them pass, seemingly oblivious to its presence behind him.
This caused delays for officers attending the emergency and confusion among other motorists who he kept overtaking.
Investigating officer PC George Ward, based at Amersham police station, said: “I am pleased that the magistrates have found Zamir Berisha guilty and passed sentence in this case.
“The fact that Berisha was not paying attention to numerous other vehicles that had stopped to let the police vehicle past, and instead overtook them, is testament to his poor care and attention to his driving during this incident.
“When you see an emergency vehicle with blue lights and sirens activated, please allow them to pass when it is safe to do so. Seconds can make all the difference in such situations, and the delays that Berisha caused could have had a significant impact on the emergency we were attending.”
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