The Kildare garda branch said the driver decided a local car park was the "perfect stage" to practise their "Fast & Furious: Naas Drift audition" in front of a uniformed garda.

Dylan Walsh, of Valeview Drive, Finglas, Dublin 11, pleaded guilty to endangerment, damaging a garda vehicle, and driving without insurance at Castleknock on May 20th, 2024.

The Department of Transport said there had been 183,856 penalty point offences recorded in 2024, the majority for speeding or holding a mobile phone.

This wass part of an operation that started on Thursday at 7am and lasted until 7am Tuesday.