By bman 16 November, 2010
Frighteningly my wife and young family were appproached by a young man wielding a hammer on Yamba drive this morning in peak hour traffic in a road rage incident. He was driving a yellow mitsubishi lancer bearing a distintive “So Seductive Car Detailing” sticker followed by a telephone number.
He was of middle eastern appearance and would have been 18-22 and of slight build.
After being tail gated and then cut off he took a disliking to a simple flash of the lights to indicate the danger he posed to us and other road users and at this point saw it fit to stop in the middle of the road in traffic and approach us with a hammer screaming obscenities.
Fortunately we received only a terrible fright and we able to avoid being blocked in as he had planned.
Please look out for this driver and maintain a safe distance to avoid any future terrifying or violent act.
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What did the police say when you reported it?
Very scary….but…you got the name of his car detailing company but not his license plate number?
I took the number plate out.
Just a simple flash of your lights hey???
I’m not condoning his behaviour, but i doubt he got out to confront you because you flashed your lights at him..
Did you get his rego, report it to the police etc?
Pitchka said :
You obviously have no experience with the kind of idiotic angry (usually young male) wankers out there who think they own the world and all must bow down before them. Having experienced a similar road rage situation myself, I can vouch for the fact that it takes very little for these people to fly into an almighty rage.
I assume you have contacted the police with the rego number to the police?
Bman – I was in the car behind you. That guy was a lunatic! He was all over the shop and it was a miracle there wasn’t an accident of some sort. I came to a stop behind you at a safe distance, but the girl behind me appeared to come very close to rear ending me, and i imagine it would be the same further down the queue. When i looked there was at least 20 cars that had to come to a sudden stop.
If you haven’t already, along with notifying the police you should drop a line to “So Seductive Car Detailing”. They’ll certainly know who he is and if he’s an employee there i’m sure they wouldn’t appreciate the bad name he’s giving their business by driving dangerously and negligently…….not to mention threatening other motorists with building tools!
DeadlySchnauzer said :
You obviously flashed your lights in an aggressive manner also?
Sounds like the freak in the white fairlane that had a go at me on the way home yesterday. So much anger.
A hammer? I have a lot worse in my car, how come I never get to have fun with the road ragers?!?
Just to clarify things – He was tailgating you, yes? Then he cut you off?
The tailgating is a shootable offense (just in the leg, nothing serious), but being cutoff in Canberra is like breathing – You can find respite when you are dead.
DonnyBoy, if you report your version of events to the police and if the OP presses charges then the police will actually have to do something about this guy.
Otherwise he gets away with it and will pull that crap on someone else.
Thanks DonnyBoy for the support along with DeadlySchnauzer. The police have been informed and are looking into this matter. Apologies for the typos in the original post however I was still shaken when posting upon my arrival to work.
My only concern is for other road users and hope that this will in someway be helpful to rioters if they have the unfortunate experience of encountering this idiot on our roads.
Pitchka said :
Yeah, don’t bet on it – I’ve stopped flicking my lights at anyone for ANY reason now due to increasing incidents of people retailiating in a threatening manner – e.g.: stopping at lights and bonnet thumping, chasing, etc. I flicked the lights once to someone who cut me off in traffic, and the guy then tailgated me from Civic to Belconnen, so I drove to the copshop where he then took off.
There are some people who are teetering on the edge of violent insanity in this quiet little country town.
Hope you are ok bman, I will certainly be keeping an eye out for this little turd..
ConanOfCooma said :
These knobjockeys bring it on themselves – maybe they’d just keep to themselves and stop interfering with others if they thought there was a fair chance that others could legally intefere back.
I vote for Conan as our next Chief Minister – I’m sure we can arrange dial in from Cooma if he likes!
Im just glad that the point to point cameras can detect this type of behaviour and issue a ticket 14 to 28 days after the offense has been committed.
When I get tailgated, I just take my foot off the accelerator and slow down even more.
The tailgaters don’t seem to get the hint 90% of the time, and don’t back off – but it amuses me that I’ve just held them up a little more and ramped up their level of dickheadedness for the day.
Car Detailing with a hammer, that’s … novel.
Run him over. You were trying to get away and put the car into the wrong gear, and smashed him into his own car. Tragic accident, of course.
No listing for So Seductive Car Detailing. Must be home buisness.
Similar thing happened to me on weekend in Woden. Watch out for ACT 4wd ute with young guy/s in high vis vest and very big cowboy hats. I moved from left lane to right doing 70kmh to o/t car doing 60kmh in 70kmh zone. B4 I knew it there was a 4wd came flying up behind me which I musta slowed down,and sat 1 foot off my bumper blasting horn and flashing me. I just dropped my speed b4 roundabout, then moved over for the nutter to pass on Adelaide Ave, b4 he abused me more. When he passed, I flashed him back, so he slammed brakes on in middle of Adelaide Ave, but I waited till last minute to use Curtin off ramp, much to his annoyance. I was more shaken by my wife abusing me for flashing him back. She was right tho. One day one of these lunies will get out and bash a law abiding citizen for s.th the luny has done wrong, and although we will feel better for returning the gesture, we will come off worse, physically or damaged vehicle.
If i see the car i will key it for you.
PBO said :
And pass on its details to the tyre slasher in Narrabundah!!!
ConanOfCooma said :
Now Conan, I’m a little shocked to see you jump straight to the conclusion of shooting, that’s not nearly barbaric enough, given your name when you said you had worse in your car I pictured a big broad sword or claymore – you know the kind of Conan sword that’s about the length of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
A road rager w/ a hammer vs Conan w/ a sword – that I’d like to see!!!!
Just save flashing the lights as a courtesy to show someone you’re allowing them to merge in front of you for instance. To signal displeasure give the finger, preferably by leaning your arm out of the window first – it’s far more satisfying.
JB surely we can have the rego number published simply on the grounds of a public safety initiative???
Ian said :
I also slow down when I’m being tailgated. Why? Because if I do have to stop suddenly with a car about 5 metres off my bumper, I want the inevitable impact to be as low as possible. Tailgaters rarely get the hint of course, but I did enjoy making the p plater miss the green traffic lights yesterday because he was so close I couldn’t see his headlights and I slowed down accordingly.
One bloke did take offense to this tactic once, and got out of his car to confront me at some red traffic lights. Of course, he declined my offer to meet him up the road to discuss the matter further.
Statistic: people are 400% braver when they’re in their car*
*Statistic may be made up
I’m so glad Stanhopes’ investment in extra speed cameras and txt-spelt road signs have improved driver’s attitudes, driving skills and road safety in the ACT.
Oh, wait…
BenMac said :
You should see what their complaints department is like!
DonnyBoy said :
Donnyboy, I hope you have also contacted Police as a witness to this. Independant witesses are very valuable in proving these sort of matters.
In the UK flashing lights is a friendly gestrue, normally used to indicate it’s safe to pull out or “I’m giving way to you”.
You can imagine how much fun I had when I first started driving in Canberra.
Oh. and I’ll go with “Me no fry’s” suggestion, run the idiot over.