I’m a cyclist and the first one to admit there are a lot of cyclists out there with major entitlement issues. But this doc crossed the line. He made a choice to seiously hurt these guys. And precisely because he’s a doctor, he had to know somewhere in that twisted mind that his actions could have killed. Throw the book at him.

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posted in response to LA Times article on sentencing of ‘Dr. Road Rage’

Today, January 8, Dr. Christopher Thomspon received a sentence of 5 years after assaulting and seriously injuring two cyclists with his car after a road rage incident in LA.

additional info via Associate Press:

Christopher Thompson, 60, wept and apologized to the two injured riders before he was sentenced in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

“The physical and mental scars are my fault,” he said.

He has recurring nightmares about one cyclist smashing through his car window, Thompson said.

Prosecutors had sought an eight-year term while Thompson’s attorney argued for probation.

Thompson, who worked at Beverly Hospital in Montebello, has been jailed since he was convicted in November of assault with a deadly weapon, battery with serious bodily injury, reckless driving and mayhem.
Thompson deliberately hit his brakes, causing the bicyclists to hit the back of his Infiniti sedan on July 4, 2008, prosecutors said. One rider smashed through the back window, breaking his nose and front teeth. The other crashed to the pavement, separating his shoulder.