{"id":155325526,"date":"2009-12-03T17:58:46","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T17:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=155325526"},"modified":"2009-12-03T17:58:46","modified_gmt":"2009-12-03T17:58:46","slug":"npr-road-rage-case-highlights-cyclist-vs-driver-tension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=155325526","title":{"rendered":"NPR &#8216;Road Rage&#8217; Case Highlights Cyclist Vs. Driver Tension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=2100429\"><span>Mandalit del Barco<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"storyspan02\" class=\"storylocation\">\n<div id=\"res121030740\" class=\"bucketwrap primary\">\n<p class=\"date\">December 2, 2009<\/p>\n<div class=\"listenicon\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/player\/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&amp;t=1&amp;islist=false&amp;id=120457877&amp;m=121030740\">Listen to the Story<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"duration\">[5 min 27 sec]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"download\" href=\"https:\/\/public.npr.org\/anon.npr-mp3\/npr\/atc\/2009\/12\/20091202_atc_04.mp3?dl=1\"><span>Download<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"trans\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/transcript\/transcript.php?storyId=120457877\"><span>Transcript<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"storytext\" class=\"storylocation\">\n<div id=\"res120822876\" class=\"bucketwrap photo300\">\n<p><em>Bicycling<\/em> magazine called it &#8220;the road rage incident heard &#8217;round the cycling world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A driver in Los Angeles was recently convicted of using his car as a weapon against two cyclists. And the case is focusing attention on the often uneasy relationship between motorists and bicyclists who have to share the road.<\/p>\n<p>It happened last year on the Fourth of July, on a steep, narrow road in L.A.&#8217;s Mandeville Canyon. Cyclists Christian Stoehr and Ron Peterson were riding side by side when a doctor who lived in the neighborhood came up from behind in a sedan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was an exchange of words,&#8221; Stoehr recalls.  &#8220;He then accelerated within five feet in front of us, pulled over and slammed on the brakes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stoehr says there was no time for them to stop. He was thrown over the car and landed across the road. But Peterson didn&#8217;t have time to swerve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And he went right in through the back window of the car,&#8221; says Stoehr, adding that Peterson crashed headfirst. &#8220;I think they found his teeth in the back seat.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The impact severed Peterson&#8217;s nose and separated Stoehr&#8217;s shoulder. Christopher Thomas Thompson, the driver of the car and a former emergency room doctor, was arrested and put on trial. The jury found him guilty of six felonies, including assault with a deadly weapon: his car. Thompson now faces 10 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For someone to do this to you on purpose, it&#8217;s unfathomable,&#8221; says Peterson, a cycling coach for the University of California, Los Angeles. He says he still can&#8217;t feel his nose, he now wears false teeth, and he will forever have scars. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=120457877\">https:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=120457877<\/a>oldId.20091203175846921<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Mandalit del Barco December 2, 2009 Listen to the Story [5 min 27 sec] Download Transcript &nbsp; Bicycling magazine called it &#8220;the road rage incident heard &#8217;round the cycling world.&#8221; A driver in Los Angeles was recently convicted of using his car as a weapon against two cyclists. And the case is focusing attention &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=155325526\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NPR &#8216;Road Rage&#8217; Case Highlights Cyclist Vs. 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