In a victory for all courteous drivers everywhere, the road rager convicted of firing a gun at a car that cut him off in Vancouver, will not be driving anywhere anytime soon. He’ll be sitting behind bars. For eleven years. Decade plus one.
Apparently, in September of 2007, Christopher Partridge was driving on Highway 500 when a driver abruptly cut in front of him (she claims the cut was because her daughter was late telling her which exit to take). At any rate, Partridge, citing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from a year serving in Iraq, opened fire on her car.
Three doctors all testified to Partridge’s PTSD but all concur that it wasn’t severe enough to warrant gun fire. The gunman was surprised by his sentence. He says the sentence is a surprise considering no one got hurt. Had Partridge taken a plea deal he would have gotten about four years.
