A Launceston man told police that he only stopped his prolonged evasion of police in Ravenswood and St Leonards when the dual cab utility he was driving ran out of petrol, the Launceston Magistrates Court heard.
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Zane Andrew Henderson, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of driving a motor vehicle whilst a prescribed illicit drug was present.
The drug driving related to an incident on August 4, 2020.
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Police prosecutor Matt Hills said Tasmania Police were on patrol in Castlemain Road, Ravenswood, when they noticed a dual cab utility without a rear number plate which was carrying a man and a female.
When they attempted to pull it over for a random breath test Henderson accelerated away into Faraday Street and then onto Tasman Highway.
Mr Hills said the vehicle frequently drove over the centre line and then turned onto the Tasman Highway.
On the Tasman Highway, the right rear tyre shredded but Henderson continued to drive on the rim which caused it to briefly cross double white lines when it turned into Abels Hill Road.
Outside a house in Abels Hill Road, the car ran out of petrol and Henderson decamped and fled while the female was detained.
He ran and jumped fences before going into a house and secreting himself in a shed.
He was arrested and a oral fluid sample was taken.
In an interview with police he said he had been driving at 100km/h during most of the evade incident.
"He said he could not recall swerving over the road and said he ran out of petrol and that was the only reason he stopped," Mr Hills said.
Defence counsel Fran McCracken said Henderson was remanded in custody and had subsequently had a drug treatment order cancelled.
She said the drug treatment order had a custodial component of five months to which three months was added for the aggravated evade police offence.
A further four months was added for a burglary and stealing in March 2020 which he claimed he could not remember.
Magistrate Simon Brown said Henderson's record was a poor one and he added a $700 fine and six month disqualification to the other sentences.