23 years sought for man over fatal road rage accident

The statement from the eldest daughter was heart-wrenching: "I sometimes wonder we all just couldn't have died together as a family" "If I think of my parents' last moments, how terrified they must have been, I can't sleep at night"

In contrast this Ishibashi character seemed in statements to avoid acknowledging the logical sequence of events, his actions within the cause and effect of the accident, etc., emotionally aware of and enslaved by only his own violent ego. A very dangerous person.

He should have parked his car properly - idiot!

Ishibashi has been separately indicted for two reckless driving cases in which he tried to force drivers out of their cars in Yamaguchi Prefecture in southwestern Japan. He was also indicted for damaging another vehicle by kicking it in the same prefecture.

And yet this was not enough for them to get the proper hanko marks to take away his license. As usual, change only comes about after a tragedy has already taken place.

Aren’t the highways monitored in Japan？

There seem to be enough cameras all over the place....

I think staying inside your car is the best choice. And if you have a drive recorder to show the other person's reckless and dangerous driving, as well as his menacing actions, you could easily show how you feared for your life and your family members' lives, and explain why you bumped the guy as you drove off to escape him.

That guy is a psychopath. He laughed in court when he was listening to what happened to his victims. Rot in jail POS.

I wonder if it is even possible to understand what motivated the young man.

So, is that 23 years per death? I’ve seen many of these buttholes on the roads over the years I’ve been living and driving here. They all think they are nine feet tall and made of steel and use their cars as weapons. This is what happens when you grow up in a society never having been punched in the face for being a Richard!

It would be nice if the court gave him the 23 years twice - for each parent, and required they be served consecutively.  But alas, I suspect they will sentence him to less than the 23.

i remember this case....was there any word on the truck driver? surely the event would leave him traumatized as well, not to mention that he was "actually" the one behind the wheel that killed the parents (not saying it is his fault in any way tho)

For the sheer audacity of pleading not guilty coupled with the lawyer’s approach to defending his actions, I’d up the punishment to 30 years.

The death penalty would be perfect, but let's hope he gets the fullest sentence. 23 years in prison for a road rager is going to destroy him mentally.

"out there"

23 years sought for man over fatal road rage accident

And he should serve that. This guy's a total tool.

And there are many others out their just like him.

Quote: "The defense counsel has argued that the charge is not applicable to Ishibashi as he was not behind the wheel when the accident occurred and thus there is no causal link between his actions and the couple's death."

No causal link? Er, hello? Is anyone home?

He drove his car in front of the family's car, repeatedly braking until finally forcing them to stop on a blind curve in the overtaking lane of an expressway. If that is not dangerous driving, I do not know what is. His actions contributed directly to their death and it is a miracle that they were not all killed.