I don't think he showed remorse immediately. His first comment to the cops was that his did it to teach them a lesson. When he called 911, the driver, an emergency room doctor, told the dispatcher that the cyclist's injuries weren't serious, even though the man's nose was nearly sliced off and the trunk of the doctor's car was covered in blood. It was probably when they were picking the cyclists teeth out of his backseat and he realized that he was in serious trouble that he began his show of remorse.
For this show of honesty and remorse he gets five years in the slammer?>
No, he's getting five years in the slammer for being convicted of six felony counts including assault with a deadly weapon, battery with serious bodily injury, reckless driving causing specified bodily injury, and mayhem.
He'd also had two earlier incidents, with less drastic consequences, but the DA's office had declined to press charges those times.
I come into contact with physicians fairly frequently. There are some whose egos are inflated to the point where they think they can do no wrong. Many times we have been taught “lessons” by a doctor with poor listening skills who is not on-scene. I have been to multiple incidents where a physician has insinsted that we restrain a person who is alert and oriented so we can transport them against their will. If we refuse, we are often instructed to exaggerate or lie to the patient to get them to agree to be transported. Often this is for someone who had some sort of indigestion which was relived by burping or farting before we arrived. Some doctors feel that their decision is absolute despite what we or the patient might think or say.