Police have released footage of a driver's dangerous overtake, a "14-second lapse in judgment" that has landed him with a 12-month ban from the road and impact his employment.<br />Steven Thomas, aged 46, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after a dash cam captured his risky manoeuvre in Chapel Lane in Great Barr, on the afternoon of December 21 last year.<br />The footage shows the Kia car being driven by Thomas overtaking several cars waiting at a 'give way' sign on a narrow road, driving directly towards a car coming in the opposite direction when he did not have priority, and bumping road furniture while veering back onto his left hand side of the road.<br />Video: West Midlands Police
