A man who took a bus on a 30-mile joyride through West Yorkshire leaving a £250,000 trail of destruction has been jailed.
Shane Oldroyd, 27, of Ossett, stole the single-decker Arriva bus from Wakefield bus station in August because he needed to get home and had no money.
Judge Kerry Macgill told Leeds Crown Court Oldroyd was guilty of "wicked, dangerous and reckless" driving. He was jailed indefinitely to serve at least three-and-a-half years.
Oldroyd ploughed into more than 50 cars, injured two people, destroyed several walls, road signs and traffic lights and badly damaged buildings during the rampage, Leeds Crown Court was told.
The bus was finally brought to a halt on the M1 near Wakefield after police used a stinger device to deflate its tyres.
The court also heard that when Oldroyd was taken off the bus by police, he said: "So what? I took a bus for a nice little ride."
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