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.
Max Dangerfield? What were their parents thinking when they named him?
Damn, I skimmed over the name. This is !nominativedeterminism@feddit.uk material
Crikey!
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.
Right up there with naming your kid Horace Heracy. I mean, what did you expect him to do?
That is just really close to “Max Power”
i knew someone during early covid that was named AUSTIN powers. at least its not MUSK children, or ABCDE, or methany or methvin.
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
What a name
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.
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.
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.
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.
Oh thats fine, he won’t be able to drive if he doesnt get his license.
Man the punishments in the UK are so lenient.
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.”
Must have been hysteria
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Orrrrr exercise is a form of therapy for a lot of people?
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