Road Rage No Police Action

LIfGodWas1OfUs on 10/04/2022 - 00:16
Last edited 10/04/2022 - 12:07 by 1 other user

Hi all, Posting something for the first time ever so please be gentle.

I am little disturbed with an incident this evening and just thought of sharing it with you folks and let it out and not sure if there is something else I could have done. So here goes…

I was in a one way street where 2 cars in front of me were waiting for spots to park and I was patiently waiting behind with my family in the car. This a narrow one way street with cars parked on both sides of the street. The moment the 2nd car in front of me moves into the spot, he is still half on the street as you can imagine trying to reverse park, the SUV driver behind starts to flash his lights, honk roll down his windows and starts yelling for me to move. He even came out of the car threatening me with violence. I rolled up my windows clearly shaken, I called up the police and told them the entire incident.

Obviously I was too shaken to drive immediately plus I mis-understood that the police would show immediately (not comparing but just a similar call in US would have a cop car immediately at the scene) so I stayed in the same spot for about 10 minutes. I had informed the SUV driver that I am calling the cops, so at least he did not then act in any away but I had others requesting to move my car so I could unblock the street which I did.

The police called me after 35 minutes and told me the reason they were contacting me now is they thought it was not serious enough an incident and instead asked me what action I was expecting them to take ( apparently the SUV driver had called them as well) I was like I just wanted to ensure that driver didn't go around threatening people on the road to which I was told that they will contact the driver and tell him to more patient?

Well I maybe wrong but I found that to be a very mild action in comparison to someone threatening you with violence when you are with your family, such rowdy behaviour should be dealt with more strict action even if it means just making them sit in the police station for a few hours to drive the point home….not sure but here my rant ends, thanks all for reading and yes feel free to suggest if I could have done something else in the situation except bikies :)

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Comments

  • kyle on 10/04/2022 - 22:01
    +5

    I don't understand the stay in the same spot for 10 minutes bit. So the OP was blocking other cars?

    • Logical on 12/04/2022 - 22:47
      +3

      OP completely at fault here.. appears to be overly cautious waiting for someone to signal them through to keep driving. As soon as there is an opportunity to go, there is clear space to get through, then step on it. Clearly there was an opportunity to drive forwards as the dude behind OP had time to get out of the car and walk to the OP and tell him to move on. OP frustrated everybody else behind him.

  • GourmetFoodie on 10/04/2022 - 22:36
    +7

    So someone threatened you with violence and you hung around for ten minutes to find out what might happen? Mate! You should have high-tailed it out of there, especially if your family was in the car.

    Cops won’t protect you from violence happening. They are there to view the outcome of the violence and find who did it.

    It’s up to you to get out of dangerous situations as fast as possible.

    Next time take down the number plate of the person threatening you and get out of there ASAP to try and avoid actual harm. There are too many crazies on the road these days. Some of them carrying illegal guns too.

  • Domicron on 10/04/2022 - 22:59
    +1

    Were you at Punchbowl?

    MS Paint diagram too?

  • Domicron on 10/04/2022 - 23:07
    +5

    OP. move on next time, blocking rest of the street won't make you any safer. Others need to get through.

    The person intimidated OP should also face force of the law. It is joke that this is tolerated (yes, police resource is thin), or has happened - I wonder the amount of more serious assaults are caused by initial intimidation.

    OP. If you have a dash cam footage, or have recorded the event on video, I would suggest filing a police report at the police station that someone has intimidated you

  • try2bhelpful on 10/04/2022 - 23:48
    +9

    Having seen a few incidents of violence I can attest to how shaken it can make you. I was bailed up in a doorway by some women who was yelling in my face. She was, obviously, mentally unwell, and drug affected, and I wasn’t sure if she was going to pull a knife on me. She wandered off, eventually, but I felt, physically, sick. Don’t worry about the reaction of some people here. Even if the cops did stuff all you have given this idiot pause for thought because you didn’t just accept being threatened and did call the cops. If it turns out he, actually, attacks some other poor motorist you’ve done what you can.

    In hindsight you would’ve been better off clearing the road but the flight/fight adrenaline mode can knock you around. What you don’t want to do is let someone’s impatience cause you to act rashly and risk hitting another car.

    I’d take the attitude “I’ve done what I can” and not let it play on your mind.

  • ThithLord on 11/04/2022 - 08:50
    +2

    You should become an LNP politician so you can beckon the Fixated Persons unit for literally any reason you can fathom.

  • chrisd262 on 11/04/2022 - 12:50

    Film them and put on FB

  • Butt Scratcher on 11/04/2022 - 13:19
    +1

    such rowdy behaviour should be dealt with more strict action even if it means just making them sit in the police station for a few hours to drive the point home….

    So you were hoping to teach him a lesson for being too rowdy?

    • Domicron on 12/04/2022 - 23:10
      +1

      No, for being idiots, simple as that.

      Threatening others with violence has no place. Unless society is willing to accept such and take a big step back.

      • Butt Scratcher on 13/04/2022 - 09:53

        ah yes, calling the cops to teach someone a lesson for being an idiot does seem more justified

        • Domicron on 13/04/2022 - 11:25

          Op should file a police report, or call 000 for an emergency. Neither you nor I ate the scene and is hard to say.

          One thing OP should have done is not clog up the road and defuse the situation.

          Problem with Australia (Sydney anyway) is that people do not see threat of violence (or take violence quiet in a rather casual way) as an issue. As we Speak, 2 news headline wrt to violence that left 2 dead at two separate occasions.

  • Drakesy on 11/04/2022 - 13:31
    +2

    Op should change the name to karen
    If you really felt in danger then maybe remove yourself from the situation. Don't further inflame things by sitting there

  • dcash on 11/04/2022 - 14:47
    +2

    At the end of the day, just remember that the other guy was the problem, not you. Maybe he was just having a bad day, or maybe he's a douchebag every day of the week. Who knows. But why make it your problem? Always better to diffuse the situation, let it go, and get on with your day.

  • Brick Tamland on 11/04/2022 - 15:14
    +1

    Not a great way to defuse a situation.

    What's wrong with giving an apologetic wave and moving on?

  • sardines on 11/04/2022 - 16:17

    Police are overworked and underfunded like hospitals, education etc. Any public service is cut to the bone so take note in upcoming elections,
    Police are limited as i have called them when a next door neighbour in a unit complex was running around with an iron bar yelling high on drugs - The police said all police units are busy and just make certain you stay in your unit and police will come when they can. An hour later they arrived with neighbour still holding the iron bar in the community court yard and just told him to get in his unit and took the bar. Like most people say, dont engage but know at least some self defense and live by the motto of i would rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6. In most cases even if you lose face its easy to walk away or apologies even if your in the right - better than sitting in emergency

    • stewy on 12/04/2022 - 00:18
      +3

      Before COVID I would have believed the overworked part, but not after seeing how much effort they put into promptly chasing down ordinary citizens for minor COVID rule breaches.

  • Keeegs on 11/04/2022 - 17:07
    +1

    Lol imagine the police having to attend everytime someone get yelled at.

    It's not pleasant, I agree but it's not exactly life threatening. Unless the SUV driver came down the vehicle brandishing a weapon, whole different story.

  • lachhelix on 11/04/2022 - 18:09
    +1

    If it's any consolation a number of years ago I sold a car and was paid in counterfeit money - went to the local station with all the information and never heard a peep back ever again

    • GordonD on 12/04/2022 - 12:22
      +2

      A number of years ago I had my car stolen, then a couple of days later found it abandoned. Before I got into it and drove it home I went to the police to ask if they wanted to fingerprint it or anything to identify the thieves. The response I got, and this is a quote "we don't investigate car theft unless there's a crime involved." It took me a little while to realise that what he was saying, just phrased poorly, is that they only investigate if the car stolen car was used to commit a crime.

  • coolroy on 11/04/2022 - 18:54

    Exactly which state and area in question op?

  • lonewolf on 11/04/2022 - 19:47
    +10

    I was in a hit and run and i chased the car that hit me for several KMs before cornering them in a dead end street. Got the details, told the cops, the cops werent interested.I had people park in front of my driveway multiple times , I was told only recourse was to call the cops and they will in turn contact the people to move the car or come and issue a ticket. They never did neither.

    When my house got burgled , a cop came as well as insurance security company, both spoke to me about it, we know who burgled us. The cops said someone will call us back for more details and information. Nothing… I called back a couple of times over a couple of months and gave up, they werent interested.

    The only times they are interested is when its time to make money from fines and tickets. Sad to say, I used to be a big supporter of cops growing up and i think there are still a lot of good ones and its probably government / management in the higher levels that has reduced cops to tax collectors but it is what it is these days.

    • saltysalt on 12/04/2022 - 11:24
      +3

      Unfortunately you're spot on. The over militarisation means tax payers pay for all this fancy police gear and get crowd control / riot cops in return. Gone are the days of a stick and a small gun and time to do some actual police work. There are good cops out there but the system unfortunately isn't working.

    • NoBucks on 14/04/2022 - 11:29
      +2

      Wow thats just amazing and resets even my expectation of what police can do for you, these seem to be serious enough situations that you have mentioned and if they are something the police don't care about especially the burglary and the hit and run then I guess we will have to wait to get shot or stabbed to get some attention, maybe that is the reason burglars and these other characters are so bold and go around with impunity knowing no action will be taken.

      • lonewolf on 14/04/2022 - 12:34
        +2

        Yup, I was to be a big support of the Police force and used to defend them when my friends would say they are just in it for the money and the power etc. But I gotta say i lost a lot of confidence in them when i had to deal with them and they just didnt seem interested in solving the crimes or doign things to stop these law breakers from doing it again. IF you dont fine a hit and run driver, he will just keep doing it. And for the thieves that burgled me and that was so obvious to all the departments that came to my house after the burglary… I am just surprised they werent even interested in calling back with the detective to get the details.

        • COVIDKRAZY on 14/04/2022 - 12:53

          I can relate to your experience and loss of confidence. I have heard of someone beaten badly in a racist attack and the police just called it a "minor scuffle". In the other one that happened to one of my friends apartment that he was renting got robbed, the police came and they noticed a pair of shoes in the balcony which my friend said didn't belong to him, so apparently left by the burglar. He was told multiple times not touch them as forensics would take them for evidence. No one showed up to collect them in fact they were gone after the night (probably the burglar came to get them lol ). When he called to tell the police they were not very enthusiastic, the forensic team never showed up. On another follow up call they police told them this apartment had been burgled before lol (when someone else lived there) and suggested he move. Thats all.

  • Cheapo333 on 11/04/2022 - 20:47
    +2

    You gave the SUV driver exactly what he deserved. He was impatient, and then proceeded to road rage and intimidate you. He was in a rush and you blocked him. Good on you!
    That will make him think twice next time.

    • Brick Tamland on 12/04/2022 - 07:36
      +2

      I doubt it, they will probably carry a baseball bat in their car for the next time.

  • AustriaBargain on 11/04/2022 - 21:01
    +3

    You called police assistance, you told SUV driver you called the police, so he called the police too and convinced them to not even bother showing up. The lesson here is if want police to show up either don't tell the person you called the police on them, or be more manipulative when you talk to the police or at least more manipulative than the person you are calling the police on. Be thankful you learned this lesson here and now rather than in a situation where it would really count, now that you know the person you call the cops on can pull the old switcharoo on you and the cops will be so bamboozled that they won't even show up.

    • saltysalt on 12/04/2022 - 11:19
      +1

      No don't be 'more manipulative' when calling the police. That is terrible advice. Be honest and call the police if you need the police. This is just childlike advice.

  • bmerigan on 11/04/2022 - 21:32

    My tip is to speed out of there as quick as possible. That way you'll have a police officer there in no time at all to book you for speeding.

  • randomusername2017 on 11/04/2022 - 21:45
    +1

    I called up the police and told them the entire incident

    Just curious… were you still in the middle of the road, behind the wheel, holding up traffic whilst you placed this call?

    • Brick Tamland on 12/04/2022 - 07:39

      it sure sounds like it. If the road rager wasnt stuck behind they probably would have just driven off rather than calling the police too.

      TBH I am surprised this didn't escalate into something worse. If I was stuck behind these muppets I'd be getting pretty pissed.

      • Tleyx on 13/04/2022 - 15:10

        The whole story sounds made up. If he was so annoyed that he got out of his car when they were still parking he definitely would of got rammed if he waited 30 minutes

  • cbs78 on 11/04/2022 - 22:43
    +1

    I don't get your story. The SUV behind you flashed and honked at you because the cars Infront of you were trying to park? Am I missing something?

    • try2bhelpful on 12/04/2022 - 06:32
      +6

      “He even came out of the car threatening me with violence.” I think that is more the issue.

      • cbs78 on 12/04/2022 - 11:57

        But why did the SUV target him if he was just waiting and cannot move?

        • pompompom on 12/04/2022 - 13:57

          Bikies

        • try2bhelpful on 12/04/2022 - 14:03
          +3

          Because some people expect others to do "whatever it takes" to get out of their way. The OP would need to confirm but my reading is that he/she was waiting for the person to get into the parking spot, completely, before going past and the person behind wanted them to overtake before then. Going past someone who is, still, parking it can be a problem if the person pulls out again if they can't swing in properly. The OP would need to confirm this.

    • Ughhh on 12/04/2022 - 14:10
      +1

      I'm guessing that there was enough space for op to drive past the parking car, however op is a very very cautious driver and wanted to wait till the car was 100% done before moving along, thus pissing others off.

      • try2bhelpful on 12/04/2022 - 20:08
        +1

        The driver should be cautious in overtaking. If the parking guy had swung out you would be complaining the OP wasn’t cautious enough. If the people behind him are pissed off that is there problem. Maybe they can learn some patience. They, certainly, shouldn’t get out and start abusing the driver and threatening violence. I can, only, wonder wonder how many bicycles this guy has tried to run off the road.

        • Ughhh on 13/04/2022 - 06:15

          Being too overly cautious can actually be a hazard.
          A decent driver should able to predict where a car is going to go via the steering. If you need to wait till they turn their car engine off to feel safe to proceed forward, consider getting some extra training.

          • try2bhelpful on 13/04/2022 - 10:26

            @Ughhh: I don’t think letting a driver who is still parallel parking tidy up is being overly cautious. They are, usually, concentrating on swinging it in, and may not be watching that someone has, suddenly appeared next to them, when they pull out to have another shot. So you get parallel parks right first time? You’ve never had to pull out again to get the angle right or misjudged a pole position? Bravo to you. You don’t have to wait until the engine is off but waiting until they’ve stopped moving is OK.

            • Ughhh on 13/04/2022 - 13:54

              @try2bhelpful: You can easily tell by their position how much space they need to straighten up, if you can't, get lessons.

              Op has yet to confirm what was happening during the 10mins, keep in mind this is in addition to the time prior to calling the cops. Imagine waiting for 15, 20mins+, can't be surprised people get pissed.

              • try2bhelpful on 13/04/2022 - 16:04

                @Ughhh: Sorry, can’t agree with that. We’ve seen people do all sorts of bizarre things when trying to park. Sometimes they just give up entirely and pull out into traffic without much warning. They assume you will sit back and let them sort themselves out.

                The OP said,
                “The moment the 2nd car in front of me moves into the spot, he is still half on the street as you can imagine trying to reverse park, the SUV driver behind starts to flash his lights, honk roll down his windows and starts yelling for me to move. He even came out of the car threatening me with violence. I rolled up my windows clearly shaken, I called up the police and told them the entire incident.”

                The ten minutes waiting appears to happen after he/she has been threatened and abused. Not, necessarily, defending the 10 minutes but the abuse seems to have started when the parking car was, still, parking their car in the spot. If the OP did crash with the guy parking it would be interesting to see who would be considered at fault.

                The real issue here is that people need to learn a bit of patience and, certainly, not get abusive and threatening. You, honestly, think that is an acceptable way to deal with a situation?

  • Tartarus on 12/04/2022 - 01:35

    Sounds like a guy who would drive 90 in a 100 road and whinge over why everyones tailgating him.

  • Cave Fire on 12/04/2022 - 02:30
    +2

    Well, it's not like the movies. Cops make mistakes and can be manipulated. May want to get a dash cam or try to record next time.

    • try2bhelpful on 12/04/2022 - 07:38

      Or get someone, not driving, to take out their phone and start recording what is going on.

      • John Kimble on 12/04/2022 - 09:19

        Hmmm that could escalate it further…people don't like to be filmed…

        • try2bhelpful on 12/04/2022 - 13:40
          +2

          True, but it can, also, have the effect of making them back off it they think people will show it to the cops later. If nothing else it backs up your account of what has happened.

  • lint on 12/04/2022 - 09:38
    +1

    You called the cops cos someone got angry at you on the road, and then stayed put waiting for them to arrive, holding up all traffic on the road. Maybe the guy was wrong at first, but you shouldn't get so hung up over things like this in daily life

  • FareEvader on 12/04/2022 - 10:15
    +1

    Do you have Dashcam footage of the incident?

  • gromit on 12/04/2022 - 10:51
    +3

    In future the important thing to remember is the highest priority is your safety and what any Police Officer will tell you is that means immediately removing yourself from the situation if you can. Record a number plate and move off the road and wait for the police if you want to but never remain in place as the issue may escalate even further.

  • [Deactivated] on 12/04/2022 - 11:00
    +5

    You will have to imagine my complete lack of surprise that you're American.

    You were flashed because there was room to go past and you didn't. You got your back up about this and decided to teach someone a lesson, by blocking the road. Then you got scared when there were consequences for your actions, and you've continued your passive aggressive bullshit by making an account to rant on the internet about it because in real life, you're a massive coward.

    You have handily demonstrated your incredibly poor judgement by telling us all you blocked a busy one way road for 10-15 minutes on your personal crusade, your level of entitlement is so unreal that you thought you'd get a crowd of sympathetic nodding patsies making "oh poor baby" type noises.

    Nope, you were a jackass. I'm a saint but I'd probably have given you an earful at that point. Learn to drive. Grow up.

  • BartholemewH on 12/04/2022 - 11:06
    +7

    You are a parent. It doesn't matter if you were in the right or he hurt your feelings, you get your kids out of the situation where violence was threatened immediately.

  • Hangryuman on 12/04/2022 - 11:06

    sounds like an immigrant misunderstanding how things work in Oz

    1. imagining the police will magically appear within seconds of you calling about someone shouting at you

    2. blocking the road to all traffic imagining that's the right thing to do - major road rules FAIL there.

    so nice dream about caring for your family - pity you made a major mistake blocking a road when you shouldn't have.

    • Hangryuman on 12/04/2022 - 13:38

      [edit] if from U-essay where in 'nice' neighbourhoods cops are only ever a few minutes away ready to come guns blazing to protect wypipo from #BlackLivesThatDon'tMatter, then that explains the first half

      the second bit about anxiety condition - hmm - maybe you shouldn't be driving in stressful environments ?

  • saltysalt on 12/04/2022 - 11:15
    +5

    Sorry to hear this happened to you. It sounds traumatic.

    If the other driver got out of his car, came up to you and threatened you inside your car you should go and file a police report with details of the incident.

    I know someone who had a similar experience and the guy ended up having to go to court (she didn't need to attend court) and ended up doing some sort of anger management course. He actually ended up writing her an apology letter. His actions were so insane - he punched a window. The outcome was also that if he does it again within a few years he may end up with some police record.

    You are a bit light on the details of the alleged threat but if it was serious I think you should report it so that these things don't happen to others (please note that you have not filed a police report by speaking with 000). People who get out of their cars and start fights need to get therapy and it will only escalate the next time so you will be helping the next person.

    As for the cops not showing up to the scene. They aren't really resourced to come immediately unless you are in immediate danger. They also avoid doing any paperwork for you unless they have to. I would go to a station and file a police report if you want to go further with this - that is the only way.

    • Hangryuman on 12/04/2022 - 13:41

      'go to a station and file a police report'

      agreed - report the car rego number and description of the driver/offender who threatened you - if you felt in fear for your safety, that sounds like assault - a crime - you could or should report.

      they will probably then ask you if you want to charge the offender - that's a lot more time for you - and up to you

      • factor on 12/04/2022 - 15:44

        Reporting it will be great! Hopefully the police give the OP a ticket on their own admission of their criminality. It would be much easier to charge the OP than the driver behind.

        http://www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/nsw/cons…
        The OP was in the act of unreasonably obstructing drivers or pedestrians. As such, in NSW, the OP could have been subject to citizens arrest by any member of the public. Now that would have been a great story for the kids in the car.

        • saltysalt on 12/04/2022 - 15:58
          +1

          Lol what are you smoking? Citizens arrest on this guy with his family. Time to get off the internet buddy.

          • factor on 12/04/2022 - 16:52

            @saltysalt: That's exactly what the law says. Unreasonable obstruction is part of the road rules and thus part of criminal law. The OP is a criminal, they just haven't been charged yet.

            It is important for the OP to know they were the first ones to break the law. They were the only ones to clearly break the law. So, perhaps in future rather than getting indignant and begging the police for help the muppet might just move their car.

      • [Deactivated] on 13/04/2022 - 14:45
        +1

        if you felt in fear for your safety, that sounds like assault - a crime - you could or should report.

        Being afraid is not assault.

  • pompompom on 12/04/2022 - 13:56

    If you were in the US the cops would have shown up and shot you and a number of other innocent "random" coloured bystanders immediately as well. So it's kind of a mixed bag there.

  • Wayne7497 on 12/04/2022 - 14:46
    +2

    We're you willing to go to court and give evidence should the need arise?

    Why do I ask ? As a retired copper I saw it all the time. " I just want him warned " sorry it doesn't work that way, I have no authority to warn someone for something I never saw had no evidence of , and would probably be told to piss off by the other party."

    Quite simply you either go to court or let it go. As to attending the scene, unless it's a life threatening emergency, police simply don't have resources to respond, they haven't in decades, is it right ? No but that's just how it is.

    • gromit on 12/04/2022 - 16:12

      They don't have the resources in the US either for instant response and it would be a low priority matter there too. She is full of it when she says someone would be immediately on the scene in the US. Even in the US police emergency response time is around 10 mins (similar to Australia) and non-life threatening response is +20 mins. sitting in the road blocking traffic for that long is not a reasonable reaction or a safe one.

  • jellykingdom on 12/04/2022 - 14:49

    I had some random old dude slap me on the face through my open window once before. He randomly cycled his bike directly in front of me when i was turning at a traffic light, and i blipped the horn at him. He then spun around, walked over to the door, cussed at me in what i believe was Arabic, slapped me, then cycled off. I was so stunned by the whole thing i didn't even react or do anything. I wouldn't call it traumatic but I was totally stunned and couldn't stop thinking about it

    • Brick Tamland on 13/04/2022 - 08:12

      Funny story. I bet you haven’t honked at anyone else since?

      • jellykingdom on 13/04/2022 - 08:34

        Haha that is correct!

        • Keeegs on 13/04/2022 - 13:29

          Or at least honk with your windows up! lol

    • Tleyx on 13/04/2022 - 15:13

      How can you tell it was a cuss and not know the language.

  • cookie2 on 12/04/2022 - 15:07
    -6

    I have no negs left to share to all the rude and narrow minded people on this post. Can I borrow someone elses?

    • Dreamcast on 12/04/2022 - 17:00
      +1

      Looks like you've been given a few to keep for good 🤣

    • BartholemewH on 13/04/2022 - 10:13
      +1

      There you go, glad to help.

  • Dreamcast on 12/04/2022 - 16:59

    As Jan Brady would say, dash cam, dash cam, dash cam.

  • DiscoJango on 12/04/2022 - 19:43
    +3

    OP decides in his infinite wisdom to park and block a one way street for 10 minutes.

    I feel sorry for your family.

  • Poor Ass on 12/04/2022 - 20:36

    I doubt this is the full story

    The person who walked up to you would of seen someone was parking in front and would of walked back once they realised you weren't blocking on purpose

    If the person in front finished their park and you were just screwing around then you got what was deserved

    Police can't help. Send dash cam footage and audio to non urgent police line.

    • BartholemewH on 13/04/2022 - 10:14

      There is no suggestion the person in front did not park promptly.

      • Poor Ass on 13/04/2022 - 15:13
        +2

        Doesn't matter if they took 100 turns parking

        If you are behind you wait

        Mostly likely OP was waiting for a park and blocked the road like a pig and got words from behind

    • factor on 13/04/2022 - 10:16

      Most likely - the real story - the OP was waiting for a park. They've seen someone who might pull out in the next 10 minutes and think they will just block the traffic until the space becomes available. Both rude and illegal.

      • try2bhelpful on 13/04/2022 - 10:21

        So, exactly, what are you basing this “real story” on?

        • Tleyx on 13/04/2022 - 15:15

          No one threatens violence after being held up for seconds but just chills for the next half an hour.

          • try2bhelpful on 13/04/2022 - 15:51

            @Tleyx: They might if they thought the cops had been called on them. Me, I’m just taking the OP for what he/she said. It is all we can go on.

            • Tleyx on 13/04/2022 - 15:54
              +1

              @try2bhelpful: I just don't believe the story.

              People angry enough to get out of their car and threaten after a few seconds are not just going to chill out and not go through with threats a piece of glass wouldn't stop them after 30 minutes

              Doesn't pass the sniff test

              • try2bhelpful on 13/04/2022 - 18:03

                @Tleyx: Perhaps. But if you’ve been told the cops have been rung you might be a bit more circumspect. As I say, all we have is what the OP tells us. We can, surmise, all we like, but we have no independent information to say what “really” happened was any different. My main point is that aggressive, and threatening behaviour, is not OK. Being held up a couple of minutes is not the end of the world. People need to learn how to chill.

  • Kamsi on 12/04/2022 - 20:42

    When one of my friend got tbone by a drifter with his family inside the car, the police didn't want to. come because they consider it wasn't serious, unless somebody have die or serious injured from the accident.

    • [Deactivated] on 13/04/2022 - 14:51
      +1

      Any injury requires the police attend. Since no one was injured, what did you expect them to come and do? Exchange details, and let the insurance handle it. File a police report if you think they were driving dangerously.

      • Kamsi on 13/04/2022 - 17:34

        It wasn't like that before but I don't disagree that the police is overloaded but that sadly the drifter is been let go without any responsibility.

  • whatgift on 12/04/2022 - 21:02

    Firstly, expecting people to be gentle on here, that’s your first mistake OP. You post on here for honest (and often brutal) responses, not validation.

    Second, someone getting angry at you, while distressing, is not something that requires a police presence, especially in a situation you can remove yourself from. What action would the police take, other than talk to the offender and warn them against further action?

    For me, talking to a friend or therapist would be a much more useful solution.

  • Saver Scott on 12/04/2022 - 21:54
    -1

    As you’ve just learned, cops here are not like the ones in the States. Cops in Australia don’t do anything except handle murders. Asking them for assistance with anything else is like rolling the dice. The only other way to get their help right now is to make a call about domestic violence but even then, you’d be rolling the dice. So unless you’re not wearing a mask when you’re told to, you’ll never see a cop. We are pretty much a lawless land and our queen is on the other side of the planet. Enjoy.

  • Yotta00 on 13/04/2022 - 09:02
    +2

    Welcome to my life. I am a healthcare worker and get assaulted on a weekly basis by patients mainly drug induced psychosis. The cops know me because I have to make a statement and the patients that assaulted me. One patient I looked after received 30 charges (and the media picked it up) before the court decided to do anything. Government talks big about a minimum 10 year sentence for assaulting healthcare workers, but the courts give out too many free passes.

  • kachi on 13/04/2022 - 11:03

    Yeah I would have moved out of the scene ASAP once that happened…
    I think once you expect these incidents you just learn how to deal with them. Experienced multiple times myself, screaming at the face, threats etc not just on the road. Better to have little reaction (so it doesn't burn them up more) apologise or say nothing and move on. With kids, just let them know that person is not a good example of dealing with events, show them you are calm and move away from the incident. You could probably file a police report later on if you wanted, so if that person continues to do this or something worse, when officials search they can see the person has a record or something. Since it's one of their duties to take reports at stations, I think it's fine.

    I never expect police/ambulances to come out that fast :O Had to assist with an dangerous incident and I expected the police and ambulance to not be there until at-least 30+ minutes in the suburbs lol but they came out super fast, like within 5-10 minutes, albeit the situation was something very dangerous so it was likely top priority.

  • Dogs on 13/04/2022 - 14:22
    +1

    I fully sympathize with the OP, being on the receiving end of a road rage incident for most people is frightening.
    And at the time its very hard to know what to do. Ive been involved in road rage and there is no script on what to do. I remember trying to decide on whats the best course of action.
    The cops dont care and dont turn up for lots of calls unless you tell them theres a gun or knife involved. Then they turn up to try and be a hero.
    The arsehole who threatened the OP has forgotten this incident by now but when your on the receiving end of violence some people dont forget it for maybe years and can carry that fear around.
    I commend the OP for not getting out and escalating the situation he did the best course of action stay in your car and call the police.

    • Ughhh on 14/04/2022 - 10:54

      escalating the situation he did the best course of action stay in your car and call the police.

      Op did continue doing what triggered and esculated the situation in the first place, by sitting still for another 10mins. Not sure if that's the best course of action.
      "others" were requesting op to move his her car and unblock the road, so it seems it wasn't only the person threatening op that was pissed. At least 2 families were fed up.

  • [Deactivated] on 13/04/2022 - 14:39
    +2

    He even came out of the car threatening me with violence. I rolled up my windows clearly shaken, I called up the police and told them the entire incident. Obviously I was too shaken to drive…

    Saved by the thin blue line, of glass. If a thin piece of glass is what's protecting you from violence, then it's not something the police need to drop everything to rush to your aid for. Feel free to make a police report about it once you have stopped shaking and can drive again.

    feel free to suggest if I could have done something else in the situation except bikies :)

    Move your car.

    I had others requesting to move my car so I could unblock the street which I did.

    You got there in the end.

  • D3HUN on 13/04/2022 - 16:02
    +1

    As much as I understand Australian road rules and customs, you just tell the SUV driver to f..k off and call them a tool. That would sort it.

    Source: Scott's Dash Cam videos on YouTube.

  • ttt888 on 13/04/2022 - 16:58
    +1

    I have to say you are the real gangsta here.
    You stared down the guy verbally abusing and threaten you and then you let him wait for another 10 mins.
    He didn't dare to harm you and instead he called the police too.

  • wtfnodeal on 13/04/2022 - 21:26
    +1

    It is nothing compared to my experience that the police station was only less than 5km from a car park where a crazy driver drove around to run over pedestrians and the reason for the police officer who refused to show up was “no one is dead or injured yet.”

  • rainbowvac on 14/04/2022 - 00:11
    -2

    Police are only good for assaulting elderly women on benches, arresting pregnant mothers with a Facebook account and pile driving teens into train station floors.

    Vicpol thinks they need to 'realign' their brand after covid… Nope too late for that, the brand and credibility has gone. Would never bother approaching police unless my life was imminently in danger because they probably wouldn't help anyway, and would certainly never approach them in a genial manner in day to day life because they have become a bully force here to terrorise everyday citizens.

    Next time, crack out the tire iron, and I'm sorry this happened to you and your family.

  • p1 ama on 14/04/2022 - 08:55
    -1

    not comparing but just a similar call in US would have a cop car immediately at the scene

    They'll also come ready to shoot the other guy, but will mistake you for him and end up shooting you instead.

    Well I maybe wrong but I found that to be a very mild action in comparison to someone threatening you with violence when you are with your family, such rowdy behaviour should be dealt with more strict action even if it means just making them sit in the police station for a few hours to drive the point home….not sure but here my rant ends, thanks all for reading and yes feel free to suggest if I could have done something else in the situation except bikies :)

    FWIW, this is all just your side of the story (which may well be true, but also may well be biased towards the outcome that you want). It sounds like the other driver was a dick, but (as inconvenient as this may be sometimes) you cannot criminalise being a dick. Police should not get involved in mediating petty disputes. Unless the other driver actually assaulted you or damaged your property, this is not an issue for the police. It is simply just an argument / disagreement.

    At the end of the day, I struggle to understand why this is something that is losing you so much sleep. If a minor disagreement with someone (which is what this is) affects you that much, then you need to have a look at yourself and how you deal with adversity. I don't want to compare, but I grew up in an area where this sort of behaviour is seen everywhere, and you develop a thick skin to a lot of it all.

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