Timothy Michael Hastings Corrigan’s dangerous driving came to the police’s notice thanks to one of the 22-year-old’s mates.

And he wasn’t even dobbed in by the friend.

The mate had simply recorded a video of Corrigan’s antics on his mobile phone on August 29.

This was revealed when Corrigan’s case went before Albury Local Court, though the defendant failed to turn up.

His actions culminated in the conviction and a $400 fine, imposed by magistrate Tony Murray.

The court was told how Albury police got the opportunity on September 26 to inspect a mobile phone owned by one of Corrigan’s friends.

That was in connection with a manner unrelated to Corrigan’s driving.

Mr Murray was told how a video on the phone showed someone driving a Holden Commodore sedan in such a way that the car’s wheels “lost traction” with the road.

Or as police went on to explain, the car was doing what was “commonly referred to as a burnout”.

The video allowed police to identify the location of the burnouts as Hoffman Road, off Elizabeth Mitchell Drive, in Thurgoona.

Police facts submitted to Mr Murray identified the street as being “frequented by traffic offenders” for doing burnouts and other driving offences.

Police managed to speak to the owner of the Commodore on September 28 to demand he provide the name and address of the driver.

He told them he had loaned the car to his son, who in turn had loaned it to Corrigan’s video recording mate a couple of months before.

The mate was interviewed again at Albury police station on October 29, when he was shown stills off the video.

With that, the man identified Corrigan, who later admitted to his actions.

The footage showed Corrigan driving the car in such a way that the back driving wheels lost traction with the road for 30 seconds.

That was while completing four 360-degree spins across the cul-de-sac.

“During this time the engine can be heard revving loudly, tyres screeching and the area filled with white smoke.”

Police were concerned Corrigan might have crashed into his friend taking the video as “numerous times during the video the vehicle is seen facing the same direction”.