A DANGEROUS driver smashed his car at excessive speed into two vehicles in separate crashes — then got out and said: "Sorry mate."

Grant Crawford hurtled over a blind summit in a Toyota Corolla and collided with the driver's side of another vehicle.

After stopping briefly, the 26-year-old sped off and then ploughed into the front end of a woman's car on a narrow bridge.

Crawford, of Port Glasgow, appeared in court for flouting an unpaid work order imposed on him for the August 2017 offences.

Prosecutor Frankie Morgan said: "At 12.55pm on August 26, 2017, a witness was driving a car eastbound at a double bend.

"As the witness negotiated the first bend a Toyota Corolla was travelling at speed over a blind summit and it collided with the offside of the witness's vehicle.

"The Toyota stopped briefly and then continued at speed.

"A second witness was driving eastbound at a small bridge, which is only wide enough for one vehicle, and the Toyota continued at speed towards the bridge and collided with the front end of the witness's vehicle.

"The Toyota parked and the accused exited and said, 'Sorry mate'."

Crawford, of School Road in the Port, committed the offences at around 1pm on August 26, 2017 on Kilbarchan Road, Bridge of Weir.

Addressing Sheriff Thomas Ward, defence lawyer David Tod said: "This boils down to whether your Lordship thinks that there is an alternative to custody.

"He has had considerable time to get his life on track and he feels that he is doing that now."

Sheriff Ward revoked the unpaid work order, telling Crawford: "I don't think there is any prospect of you doing it."

The sheriff placed him, 'with some hesitation', on an electronic tag to remain within his him between 8pm and 8am each day for 24 weeks.