Sussex Police spotted the driver, who was known to have a provisional driving licence, and pursued him for 50 minutes, during which time he narrowly missed crashing into oncoming cars and a lorry turning into a petrol station.
PC Peter De Silvo, of Surrey and Sussex Roads Policing Unit said: “Thankfully, nobody was injured in this incident, which was not conducted at high speed, but Dewey’s actions in trying to avoid police through a busy Monday evening rush hour could have had disastrous consequences.
“For nearly 50 minutes he refused to stop for police units, avoided stop sticks deployed to try and burst his tyres and at one point called 999 and asked us to stop following him.”
Bruce Dewey, 36, pleaded guilty at Chichester Crown Court to dangerous driving and driving without a full driving licence or insurance.
He was jailed for 15 months and disqualified from driving for three years.
