Josh Redfern, 25, jumped into the cab of the empty single-decker bus when it was parked on Peveril Drive, Nottingham, at 8pm on August 4.
Footage from contained in the bus reveals Redfern drive by way of a red-light in Citadel Boulevard earlier than ploughing right into a parked automotive.
He then careered on for an additional 10 miles earlier than he dumped the Indigo TrentBarton bus in Borrowash, Derby.
Nottinghamshire Police launched a witness attraction, with Redfern being recognized after a CCTV picture of him was posted on Fb.
Redfern was arrested and police found he stole the bus whereas serving a suspended sentence for drug offences.
He admitted aggravated car taking, failing to cease after an accident, driving whereas disqualified and driving with out insurance coverage.
Redfern, of Derby, was jailed for 12 months at Nottingham Crown Court docket.
Redfern was instructed the sentence mirrored the very fact he dedicated the offences whereas on a suspended jail sentence for drug-related offences.
He had been jailed for 16 weeks, suspended for 12 months, in December 2022 for possession of Class A and Class B medicine, in addition to worrying within the provide of Class B medicine.
PC Matt Fisher, of Nottinghamshire Police, stated: “Redfern’s actions that night have been senseless, reckless and harmful.
“He climbed inside a bus and set off into busy metropolis site visitors – presumably with no considered the hurt he may doubtlessly trigger to different highway customers.
“Fortunately nobody was significantly injured however that’s no due to Redfern. He wrote off one automotive after colliding with it and will have harmed anybody else who he got here into contact with.
“I’m happy a decide has seen match to place him behind bars.”