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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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[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

ah yes fully self driving cars so they can actually control where you can and can't go, no flock surveillance needed👍🏻

[–] Souvenir@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I mean, I take the bus and occasional taxi, fundamentally not that different. Especially now that that's increasingly difficult if not impossible to do with cash.

Also, unlike the US most modern cars in Europe already have tracking and monitoring included with eCall, that automatically sends your GPS location to emergency services. Ie. the police can track you at all times anyway. And obviously they're tracking your phone 24/7.

no flock surveillance needed👍🏻

Are you American? The UK doesn't have flock AFAIK. There's already a much larger network of CCTV, facial recognition vans, license plate scanners, and the like which are being supplemented by palantir contracts as we speak. This has been a thing for decades now. Millions of cameras across the UK.

You're shit out of luck already in the UK, unless you cycle everywhere and dress appropriately.