Serial road rage Tesla driver released early from 5-year prison sentence

NBC Los Angeles ^ | August 29,2024 | Jonathan Gonzalez

[Leaning Right]

> This maniac menace is going to get a bullet in his forehead one day. <

Yep. California has very restrictive gun laws. But the millions of California illegals don’t care much about that.

[packrat35]

My rule of thumb is NOT let the thumb get in the way of my trigger finger to drop fools like this who attack me with pipes...

[Larry Lucido]

Good advice. Also, at a traffic light, never pull up even with cars to your right or left. Everybody does this without thinking that you are a fixed target at a red light. Hang back a foot or two. If the next car pulls up even with you, move so he isn’t even with you, while still leaving yourself an out. I don’t expect other drivers to start popping rounds at a red light but I’m not going to make it easy for them either.

[Bob434]

Seeing an awful lot of ‘Released Early’ cases- seems like sentences don’t mean much anymore-

[Fireone]

I have always remembered that same advice. Smart thinking!

[jocon307]

OK, this confused me so I googled it, here’s the explanation:

A=Aim High in Steering®
G=Get the Big Picture®
K=Keep Your Eyes Moving®
L=Leave Yourself an Out®
M=Make Sure They See You®

And here’s the link if anyone wants to read the details:

https://pamdrivingblogs.com/5-keys-truck-driving-safety/

[Fireone]

With that line of thinking, everyone should be mandated to drive Smart cars, so more people can make the light.
Total nonsense! Drive defensively, and if some rager comes at you with a metal pipe...drop him.

[BikerJoe]

always leave room in front of you to quickly pull out if you have to - just for incidents like this one.

I also always do this if I'm the last vehicle in a building line of traffic. I've been saved from a rear-ender more than a handful of times when inattentive drivers come roaring up on us (the stopped traffic), slam on the brakes and skid to a stop where my rear end WAS (because I saw them in the rear view and was able to pull up a little).

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Keep your precious space in front of your car. The one or two times in your entire life it might make a difference, sit back and relax because the cars to your left and right won’t or can’t move out of your way.

[xoxox]

thanks, that review was super helpful, actually.

[xoxox]

there was so much sensationalism in this piece that this most pertinent question never even crossed my mind.

[VanShuyten]

“One thing I remember him saying, “assume that everyone out there is an idiot.””

I’m pretty sure that in addition to being a bus driver, he was also a drivers ed teacher in Iowa.

[Uncle Miltie]

“People are no damned good” - my father.

One messed up dude.

[heavy metal]

shocking...

[Vaduz]

Only good thing about California you can make a right hand turn on a red light.

Woody Allen

[Fireone]

Yes, you can’t control every aspect of every situation. I choose to control the aspects I can. You do you.

[GailA]

btt