Shaun Baensch's girlfriend told him "don't be an idiot, just keep driving" as he followed an e-scooter rider on his way home. Nearby residents tried to save Mr Trower, but he died at the scene, on Forster Street in the Geelong suburb of Norlane. "All this behaviour post the offence must be seen as having been motivated by self-preservation," Supreme Court Justice Peter Kidd told Baensch as he sentenced him. "Collisions involving motor vehicles and pedestrians, or riders, are often referred to as accidents, the collision with Mr Trower was no accident," he said. "Your unlawful act, deliberately striking Mr Trower with your motor vehicle, was an extremely dangerous act."