A “frustrated” teenager drove his car at more than 140mph (225km/h) on his way to the gym before crashing into a taxi.
Max Dangerfield, now 20, was driving in the early hours of 25 January 2025 on the A48 near the Cross Hands roundabout in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, when he ploughed into the back of a taxi that was taking two women home after a night out.
The taxi driver suffered broken ribs, bleeds on the brain, a punctured lung and a lacerated liver in the crash.
Dangerfield, who was uninsured, was banned from driving for 50 months at Swansea Crown Court on 13 August, and must serve 28 months detention in a young offenders institution.
He must pass an extended test before he can get a licence.
Man the punishments in the UK are so lenient.
I’m surprised Max Dangerfield was only doing 140
Why does a 20 year old even own a car that can go that fast? Actually why can any car go that fast? You’re not allowed to go even close to that on most highways.
was banned from driving for 50 months
50 years would be too short. Someone like that shouldn’t be allowed behind a wheel ever again.
Actually why can any car go that fast?
German car, Autobahn. But most modern cars can go similarly fast. Petrol/gas usually faster than comparable diesel.
The high top speed is a by-product of the amount of power cars now have, power they need to accelerate from 0-60 fast enough for modern traffic, and to comfortably and safely maintain motorway speeds. Large powerful engine which never has to go high into the revs during everyday traffic, is likely also more efficient, but I may be mistaken.
Cars which can’t reach speeds of over 100mph, are really slow to accelerate, and aren’t comfortable, reliable, or safe at motorway speeds.
Eg. depending on the model a Lada Niva, will have a top speed of only 120kph/75mph, but you really wouldn’t want to drive over 100kmh/60mph for extended periods. It’s not reliable, comfortable, safe, and I suspect it isn’t efficient either.
Now obviously, you could limit the top speed, but that’s a matter of regulation, and relatively easy to bypass.
Public roads in the UK aren’t the only place you can drive a car, speed limits don’t apply everywhere
The vast majority of cars can go 140mph. Some take a long time to accelerate to that but nearly all can when going downhill.
Oh thats fine, he won’t be able to drive if he doesnt get his license.
What a name
Megan Williams, defending Dangerfield, said on the night in question he had become emotional after an argument with a friend and had decided to “drive to the gym in order to release his frustration”.
I had to go read the article before I made the assumption that he went lifting instead of punching his girlfriend. However, that seems like a totally plausible explanation.
The last time I heard someone get to the gym in such a hurry, it was this guy:
Spoiler for The Good Place
This guy is a demon pretending to be the soulmate of Eleanor, the lady in the picture. He was told that when he got asked tough questions, to say he was “going to the gym or something.” So almost every time she talked to him, he’d hurry away saying he was “going to the gym.”
50 months? I would say atleast until he is 30. Such stupidity lingers for much more than 50 months.
I don’t think it’s 50 months and he just gets to drive again. It’s 50 months until he can attempt whatever the “extended test” is. Not sure what that all entails.
I don’t doubt that he is technically qualified to drive. He can do a 3 point turn and read a speed sign during any test. What I doubt is that he will follow the rules when not in the middle of the test.
Yeah, I’m hoping the extended test has some sort of mental health component, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
Max Dangerfield? What were their parents thinking when they named him?
That is just really close to “Max Power”
Right up there with naming your kid Horace Heracy. I mean, what did you expect him to do?
His parents had a premonition, and named thier child accordingly. like the parents naming thier child’s last name a variation of METH, like methany and methvin.
Damn, I skimmed over the name. This is !nominativedeterminism@feddit.uk material
Crikey!
My bike is limited to 32 km/h before the engine stops providing power. Why is a car able to reach such speeds?
On the German autobahns there is no speed limit, but there is a convention between car makers that the electronic limiter is set at usually 255kph ~= 155mph. It’s quite common for real fast car owners to have the limiter removed or raised, so getting passed by a Porsche doing 300kph is a real possibility. And amusingly, the winter tyres maximum speed is 210kph. As a UK driver, we have 70mph as max, so it’s mental the first time you drive there.
You know you can just unlimit your bike? Right?
One reason is that unlimited speed roads and also racetracks exist and cars generally require much more driver certification than bicycles which anyone with a pulse is allowed to ride in a lot of places. I know I did over 50 km/h a couple of times as a teenager and pulled all kinds of stupid shit because it’s not like they can take your cycling license away lol
“I need to get to the gym ASAP, I just had a freaking argument with someone!!!”
The goyim are helpless. It is not good to live your life slaveishly following trends.
Orrrrr exercise is a form of therapy for a lot of people?
Must have been hysteria
Damn, unfortunate, hopefully he dies next time before he can hurt anybody else.
Damn dude. I was thinking he should be banned for life from driving as punishment as well as serving a stint in jail but thought maybe that comment might have come across as too harsh.
But shit, you went all in!
KILL HIM! REMOVE THIS VOAL FROM MY SIGHT!
Fucking hell, lad. Scary stuff.
Nobody here is advocating for killing him, we just hope he dies.
As a mental exercise let’s change the tool he used out for a different one: if he had dragged the other person out of his vehicle and beat him near death and unconscious with a metal bat instead, would you still be defending them? Because the results are exactly the same.
But he didn’t.
What you’re describing is a deliberate act of aggression. Your fictional perpetrator armed himself with a weapon with the sole intention of doing harm.
This kid didn’t get in his car and speed down the street intent on crashing into the cab driver. It was a mistake. A stupid irresponsible mistake. But not a deliberate act. Unless you have evidence the court hasn’t heard? This kid had a grudge on the taxi driver? He diddled him on a cab fare? Refused to pick him up?
Punish this irresponsible kid and ban him from driving. But wishing death upon him. Jesus titty fucking Christ.
So you don’t support the random bludgeoning but you also do support it? Sounds like your conflict is internal, not with me.
The man’s actions led to this and anybody could have told you this might happen beforehand.
I’m not sure you’ve read, or understood, a word anyone had said to you. 😬
Anyways, enjoy your life. Take care. 👍
I accept your resignation, you should have stopped sooner it would have been a better look.
Jfc. Hopefully he learns how to better handle his emotions*
Fuck that. Not every life is worth it.
No but 19 year olds do dumb shit and dont deserve death
Bro what?
What I can’t wish ill upon a spoiled asshole that destroyed someones life? Get over it.
Sure, and we’re not capable of administering mortal judgement upon another outside of our defence, but tolerance also has to end somewhere. Like a brick wall perhaps. So let us hope.
He was 19 at the time, practically a kid dude. People have to be given a chance at some point too. Not just immediately shown the wall.
I wasn’t out committing manslaughter at 19 so I guess it’s hard for me to sympathize.
Most cultures treat you as an adult at 18, some as early as 14.
You act like this shit was premeditated murder, corporeal punishment fetish or some shit
He went 140 MPH and hit somebody.
The only thing separating him from killing 5 children and their parents is blind luck.
Sick of people treating cars like they’re benign and voids all responsibility for harm done.
I’m talking about the fuccen kid who you are wishing death on, the vehicle isnt up for consideration.
He’s a fucking kid.
No he’s an adult who knew the risks of his actions and did them anyways, resulting in indiscriminate bludgeoning of a random man just doing his menial job.
