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.
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!
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.