Last June 2 in San Jose, a man in a pickup truck deliberately chased down and drove into Tom Castrillon who was riding a motorcycle. Castrillon was thrown off his bike and paralyzed from the neck down. The man fled the scene, changed the title on his truck, and disguised it — but not enough. Rodney Torres was tracked down as the driver of a truck matching the description and was eventually found guilty of hit and run and assault with a deadly weapon (he pled not guilty). Apparently this was a case of road rage as the two exchanged words after Torres cut off Castrillon. Torres then followed the motorcycle into a restaurant parking lot and ran into it. On Thursday, Torres was given the maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. He is also due back in court in May for restitution hearings, though it’s doubtful he will be able to pay out the requested amount of $2 million in damages. I’m hoping this incident helps me think twice before doing any little thing to incite any idiots on the road to blow off their steam at me in murderous ways.