A KELTY man has been jailed for driving dangerously.

Colin Salmond also drove whilst disqualified on a separate occasion which was the final straw for Sheriff Charles Macnair.

He said at Dunfermline Sheriff Court on Wednesday: "You plead guilty to dangerous driving at about lunch time in Dunfermline and that in itself is a very dangerous matter.

"You were then disqualified from driving and on a separate occasion you still decided to drive when you had no business to.

"This a breach of an order from the Court.

"If you had not driven I may have dealt with this by a community sentence but I do not think that is appropriate."

Salmond, 34, of Centre Street, previously admitted that on November 4 on Whitelaw Road, Dunfermline, he did drive a mechanically propelled vehicle dangerously at excessive speed, fail to keep said vehicle under proper control, and cause it to travel onto the opposing carriageway when negotiating a bend in the road, whereby it collided with another vehicle, causing damage to both said vehicles.

He also admitted to driving the vehicle without insurance.

Salmond also previously admitted that on September 14 at Hospital Hill, being a person disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle, did drive a motor vehicle and did use the vehicle without a policy of insurance.

Depute fiscal, Carrie Stevens, described the events.

"At 12.30pm the witness became aware of the accused's vehicle coming around a bend on the wrong side of the road," she said.

"She did not have time to react and as a result collided with the oncoming vehicle.

"She then got out her vehicle and spoke to the accused. The police were contacted the following day and they carried out an inspection on the vehicle and that showed that the vehicle was not insured.

"On a separate occasion the accused had been disqualified from driving until September 22 but at 5.15pm on September 14 the accused was stopped by the police for a routine check.

"Records showed that he was disqualified."

The Court was told the vehicle had been recovered.

Defence solicitor, Gwen Haggerty, added: "My client accepts responsibility for the charge. He is the complainant in some serious matters and that has had an impact on him.

"He was in Oakley and was effectively stranded and made the foolish decision to use the car to get him home."

Ms Haggerty also explained that he had dropped his carer off in Dunfermline.

Sheriff Charles Macnair jailed Salmond for 310 days and disqualified him from driving for 20 months. He will also have to take the extended driving test.