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Llaneli man reached 140mph to 'get to gym after argument' and hit taxi (www.bbc.co.uk)

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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.

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[–] Fluke@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At 19 you are incapable of properly assessing risk. Medically, clinically, not capable. The brain structures required haven't finished being built yet.

The realistic answer to the problem is that children shouldn't be given responsibility for multi-ton vehicles capable of such destruction when misused.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I was passing courses in Philosophy at 17. I wager a literal fucking caveman could understand "car go fast, very danger" but this dude did it anyways, likely more than just this time.

How many indiscriminate murders did you commit at 19?