A doctor in LA is accused of cutting off two roadies and braking hard in front of them, causing one of them to crash face-first into his rear windshield. His trial is now in the hands of the jury. Story here
GUILTY on all counts Doc Thompson was convicted on all charges. This was Tweeted by RoadID about an hour ago. Full Story
One rider talked about what sounds to me like a mild case of PTSD, flinches at brake lights even when driving, but all involved attended the trial and sentencing. They APPEAR to be in good health.
I saw it on another biking website. That doctor has a prior history of doing that to cyclists. He has done it, two other times.
Road rage doc sentenced to 5 years in prison - a victory for cyclists, but probably still stirs up ire among motorists... Tweeted yesterday by RoadID Story
thank god he got jail time for that. Honestly, I can't believe his attorney kept pushing the "it was only an accident" **** the whole trial. yeah, okay, slamming your brakes on intentionally (as said to the officer) is TOTALLY an accident, yep.
You know those old stories about our earliest predecessors, crawling up out of the primal ooze to take the land, evolve, and develop into us? Most lawyers are what's left behind.
I'm glad he got serous jail time. With good behavior he'll be back to it in 18 months, but still it's good to see he didn't just get a slap on the wrist.
