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1. DEC 2 2009 5:00PM HI
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Hawaii Public Radio
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KHPR-FM HONOLULU, HI, MARKET RANK: 71
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Run Time: 1:40
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[**05:20:18 PM**]  Preview Clip Los Angeles driver faces sentencing tomorrow after being convicted of using his car as a weapon against a couple of cyclists. And then Mentally go barco reports that incidents focusing attention on eight different kind of road rage. It happened last year on the fourth of July and a steep narrow road in la's manifold canyon. Cyclist Christian story and Ron Peterson were writing side by side when a car driven by a doctor who lived in the neighborhood came up from behind. And there was an exchange of words he Accelerated.
[**05:21:08 PM**] Preview Clip It ends up being dishonest people in the backseat. The impact severed peterson's nose and separated story shoulder. Christopher Thompson the driver of the car and a former emergency room doctor was arrested and put on trial. The jury found him guilty of a half dozen felonies including using his car as a deadly weapon Thompson now faces ten years in prison. Ron Peterson Of his victims says justice was served for someone to. Do this to you on purpose.
[**05:21:59 PM**] Preview Clip During the trial other cyclist told the jury of previous incidents with the same driver. A police officer testified Thompson admitted he deliberately slammed on the brakes to. Teach the cyclist to lessen the road rage was so. Egregious bicycling magazine editor Loren mooney says this may be a landmark case in protecting cyclists and pedestrians. It's the intent it's the actual road rage that is that is part of the conviction in this case she says what's different about this case is drivers who injure or kill cyclists are rarely punished. It's very easy. For a driver to say. |
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2. NOV 5 2009 9:52PM PT
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Cyclists and motorists on collision course -- lati
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LOS ANGELES TIMES LOS ANGELES, CA, MARKET RANK: 2
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View Opinion Cyclists and motorists on collision course On Monday, Dr. Christopher Thompson, the driver who abruptly stopped his car in front of two cyclists last summer, was found guilty of six felonies and a misdemeanor. The trial, which lasted three weeks and captivated the cycling community, revealed a particularly virulent form of road rage. Christian Stoehr suffered a separated shoulder and Ron Peterson shattered several teeth and broke and nearly severed his nose when the two hit the back of Thompson&aposs Infiniti sedan on Mandeville Canyon Road. Thompson, a former emergency room physician who lives along the winding five-mile road, claimed that he was merely trying to take a photograph of Stoehr and Peterson, evidence of the way cyclists flout the law in the canyon and flip off the residents. An LAPD traffic investigator who arrived on the scene shortly after the incident testified that Thompson told him he "stopped in front to teach them a lesson."
Obscene gestures, vanity plates it&aposs all part of the romance of Southern California driving. Road rage? That&aposs just the inflamed passion part of that romance. But anyone who&aposs been paying attention to the road lately has probably noticed a marked, even dizzying |
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3. NOV 3 2009 5:00AM PT
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Eyewitness News 5 AM
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Nielsen Audience: 79,143 Calculated Ad Equivalency: $2,300
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KABC-ABC LOS ANGELES, CA, MARKET RANK: 2
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Run Time: 1:09 Calculated Publicity Value: $6,900
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| [**05:35:10 AM**] Preview Clip A brentwood doctor is convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and other charges in connection with a road rage crash involving two bicycles last summer. Sixty year old emergency room doctor Christopher Thompson was found guilty on that seven counts. Two psych lists say he slammed on his car brakes in front of them deliberately as they were cycling on man dibl canyon road. Christian store was thrown to the ground, Ron Peterson went through the back of the car and says he's still traumatized. Whenever a car comes by me three-months later I flinch, even when I see brainch lights in front of me and frinch every single time. Johnson is facing ten years in prison, sentenceing is set for December 3rd. |
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4. NOV 2 2009 8:00PM PT
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KCAL 9 News At 8PM
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Nielsen Audience: 194,132 Calculated Ad Equivalency: $2,380
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KCAL-IND LOS ANGELES, CA, MARKET RANK: 2
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Run Time: 0:42 Calculated Publicity Value: $7,140
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| [**08:02:35 PM**] Preview Clip Tonight he's been convicted on all eight charges against him. I happened last year in brentwood. Police say it was road rage when Christopher Thompson ran his car into Christian and Ron Peterson. Both men were seriously injured. Thompson was convicted of salt with a deadly weapon and mayhem. |
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