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Doctor sentenced to 5 years in prison for assaulting bicyclists in Brentwood
LA Times ^

Posted on 01/10/2010 9:51:23 PM PST by Chet 99

A doctor convicted of assaulting two bicyclists by slamming on his car brakes after a confrontation on a narrow Brentwood road was sentenced today to five years in prison.

Christopher Thompson, wearing dark blue jail scrubs, wept as he apologized to the injured cyclists shortly before he was sentenced.

"I would like to apologize deeply, profoundly from the bottom of my heart," he told them, his right hand cuffed to a court chair.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Scott T. Millington called the case a "wake-up call" to motorists and cyclists and urged local government to provide riders with more bike lanes.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: activistjudge; bicyclists; criticalmass; roadrage
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To: buccaneer81

It’s quite obvious if you have half a lick of sense.


41 posted on 01/10/2010 10:24:37 PM PST by eyedigress ( now.)
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To: doorgunner69
Waiting for the spandex haters to show up.............

Critical Mass speaks volumes for bicyclists.

42 posted on 01/10/2010 10:25:11 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: dr_lew

Wow, a rational voice.

As a cyclist I don’t mind being delayed for 30 seconds to a minute while passing one or more fellow cyclists, but it chafes me to be stuck behind a obviously moronic or incompetent driver who is costing me the same amount of time. :-)


43 posted on 01/10/2010 10:25:18 PM PST by gura (R-MO)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

Most bicyclists also own cars, and pay taxes.


44 posted on 01/10/2010 10:25:30 PM PST by heartwood
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To: eclecticEel

Cops should start ticketing ahole cyclists for obstructing traffic and not obeying lights and traffic signs. The fact of the matter is that they are much less visible than automobiles, trucks or even motorcycles so cyclists need to take extra care to follow traffic rules as a result.


45 posted on 01/10/2010 10:26:07 PM PST by Post Toasties
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To: Osage Orange
Two words:

Critical Mass.

46 posted on 01/10/2010 10:26:30 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: buccaneer81
Well if 90% of the riders in your area are a**holes it seems only fair. Sweets to the sweet.

Nice job with that pesky 10%, btw!

47 posted on 01/10/2010 10:27:30 PM PST by 70times7 (Serving Free Republics' warped and obscure humor needs since 1999!)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

I pay a TON in both federal, state, and local taxes - should I pay more just to ride my bike a few hours a week?


48 posted on 01/10/2010 10:30:06 PM PST by gura (R-MO)
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To: buccaneer81
http://www.kmbc.com/news/13842325/detail.html
49 posted on 01/10/2010 10:30:44 PM PST by gura (R-MO)
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To: Chet 99

So this MD showed immediate remorse and did not come of up with a plausible defense like a cute little kitty ran in front of me and I had to stop suddenly? For this show of honesty and remorse he gets five years in the slammer?


50 posted on 01/10/2010 10:33:40 PM PST by JLS (Democrats: People who wont even let you enjoy an unseasonably warm winter day)
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To: dr_lew
I think there's a larger lesson here. How could a doctor, of all people, act so irrationally?

Doctor, meet crazy Dr. Dean

51 posted on 01/10/2010 10:43:47 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: buccaneer81
Two words...

You misspoke...

52 posted on 01/10/2010 10:44:32 PM PST by Osage Orange (Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Anyone Who Threatens It)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts
Don't forget, car owners pay the gas taxes. the bicyclists get a free road.

I would have no problem paying a bicycle license tax in addition to a vehicle license tax.

And of course the tax would have to be equitable based on the empty weight of the vehicle.

Set that price at $1.00 per pound of the vehicle and I would pay $17.50 per year for my 17.5 pound bike and you will need to pay one dollar for each pound of the vehicle you drive.

53 posted on 01/10/2010 10:46:53 PM PST by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: Melas
I’m glad I live in Texas then. We too have a history of jailing motorists who hit cyclists.

The San Antonio motorist was not charged who who hit and dragged the Bruehler's to their deaths as they rode their tandem in a bike lane in San Antonio.

Any of you anti-cyclist, crazed-motorist-apologists on this thread want to tell Kylie that her parents had it coming?


54 posted on 01/10/2010 10:50:33 PM PST by Plutarch
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To: Red Steel; dr_lew

Here's another madcap doctor. He needs no introduction.

55 posted on 01/10/2010 10:52:53 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts
Don't forget, car owners pay the gas taxes. the bicyclists get a free road.

Well...don't forget the joggers and walker's...on that road. And for good measure throw in the potential horse back riders....

We must tax them all!!

56 posted on 01/10/2010 11:00:34 PM PST by Osage Orange (Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Anyone Who Threatens It)
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To: Baynative

ping


57 posted on 01/10/2010 11:00:49 PM PST by nutmeg (Rush Limbaugh & Sarah Palin agree: NO third parties! Take back the GOP)
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To: Plutarch

That’s right. The motorists should sit down, take a stress pill, and think things over. I honestly mean this! I can understand how people might feel frustrated and angry being stuck behind bicyclists on the road. I don’t understand how they can reinforce and incorporate this feeling into their philosophy of life. C’mon, Kumbaya, people. Oops, I know, red flag.


58 posted on 01/10/2010 11:02:07 PM PST by dr_lew
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To: Chet 99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV4q9joFuPY

One of the funniest clips I've seen....

59 posted on 01/10/2010 11:07:13 PM PST by Osage Orange (Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Anyone Who Threatens It)
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To: eclecticEel

Agreed. The mistake this doctor made was to not finish the job by reversing and telling the cops they swerved out in front of him (dead people make bad witnesses).

Want respect on the road? Start paying to use it like the rest of us, until then stay on the f-ing sidewalk unless you want to get pulped into the road by my wheels.


60 posted on 01/11/2010 12:40:11 AM PST by IntolerantOfTreason (The AMERICAN President should be an AMERICAN, NOT an AFRICAN-American)
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