A repeat teenage drug driving offender who drove at a Tasmania Police officer and told him to "get out of the way" has been given another six months to prove he can behave himself.
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Jackson Coker-Gough, 19, of Red Hills, appeared in Launceston Magistrates Court for sentencing on Thursday afternoon, but his case was adjourned again.
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Coker-Gough pleaded guilty to evading police in aggravated circumstances after he fled an officer who pulled him up for speeding and driving while disqualified at Nunamara on October 28 last year.
The P-plater was previously caught driving under the influence of cannabis four times and was banned from driving until December 2020.
Magistrate Sharon Cure said she wanted Coker-Gough to be rehabilitated.
"Whilst he made the decision to drive away, it's not the worst example of that particular offence," Magistrate Cure said.
"He's got himself caught up in bad offending."
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Defence lawyer Lucy Flanagan said Coker-Gough had continued to refrain from smoking cannabis and wanted to move to Kempton to work.
Magistrate Cure said she would look at fining Coker-Gough again and disqualifying him again if he could go six months without committing offences.
"You're a young man, you're already on a community corrections order," she said.
"I'm prepared to look at disqualification and fine if after six months you've stayed out of trouble."
The case returns to court on September 18.
