According to police, officers had been attending an unrelated job at Orange Train Station shortly before 11pm on October 6 when they observed a red/maroon Ford Falcon ute "undergo a sustained loss of traction around the southern side of a roundabout on the intersection of Peisley Street [and] Kite Street".

"Police also heard this loud screeching of the tyres as the vehicle went around the roundabout with an unobstructed view," a senior officer wrote in documents submitted to court.

A short time later, police were travelling west on Summer Street when they encountered the same red/maroon Ford Falcon ute travelling in the opposite direction. Police said they immediately turned around and caught up to the vehicle, stopping it on Bathurst Road.

The driver, Jayden Maxwell Perry, 19, of Spring Hill, was submitted to a roadside breath test which proved negative.

When asked about the burnout police had just witnessed on Peisley Street, Perry admitted that he "did skid around the roundabout".

The 19-year-old was subsequently charged with operating a vehicle in such a way as to cause its wheels to undergo loss of traction.

The maximum penalty for this offence in NSW is 10 penalty units (i.e. $1,100). Under state government road laws, offenders caught more than once intentionally operating a vehicle in a way to cause their wheels to lose traction face a maximum penalty of a $3,300 fine, nine months' imprisonment, or both.

In certain circumstances, drivers could also be disqualified from driving for 12 months. Drivers can escape a conviction for the offence if they are somehow able to prove that they did not deliberately cause the vehicle to lose traction.

Perry reportedly elected to have his driving matter dealt with by Orange Local Court.

He was due to appear there on Monday, but by 3.30 in the afternoon, he had still failed to show.

Magistrate David Day commented on the 19-year-old's odd decision to opt for the court to deal with the driving offence and to then not "turn up" to his allocated hearing date.

In sentencing Perry, Mr Day admonished the young man for his "foolish, irresponsible driving on a busy roundabout".

Perry was convicted of the driving offence and fined $550.

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