Kids Biking in The Middle of The Road Incident

Givme2bucks on 03/01/2025 - 18:58

Was on my way home about to turn into my driveway when a couple of kids ages 12-15?,were biking dangerously on a busy road and I honked at them as I passed.

As It happened close to my property the kids then followed into my yard to argue with me and insults were exchanged and I ended apologizing and tell them to be safer next time.

They must live locally as they told me they were going home and I've seen them before on the same road being dangerous.

Worried about the likelihood of them coming back and vandalising my property and vehicles since they know where I live. The fact that they were sporting rattail haircuts doesn't inspire any confidence either.

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Comments

  • Bruceflix on 03/01/2025 - 19:02
    +50

    I'm guessing they have already forgotten you exist.

    • Givme2bucks on 03/01/2025 - 19:06
      +1

      Well I'd hope so too. Ended up losing my cool at first and apologising to them to get them to leave. One of them was trying to get me to go on the street to fight them.

      • Bruceflix on 03/01/2025 - 19:09
        +151

        Lesson learned. Next time just run them over…

        • brendanm on 03/01/2025 - 22:33
          +39

          Would likely be a net positive for the community.

          • Bruceflix on 04/01/2025 - 15:40
            +11

            @ATTS: Yeah, because I was serious…

            Besides, hard to convict without witnesses. A jury may need more than a prosecution supplied MS paint diagram of the "accident".

          • Loopholio on 04/01/2025 - 19:13
            +10

            @ATTS: No jail, this would be a community service. You shall be rewarded for your service!

          • Paul2141 on 05/01/2025 - 17:51
            +3

            @ATTS: A noble sacrifice.

        • Montyjpm on 06/01/2025 - 10:45

          Darwinism biatch!

        • kaybrr on 06/01/2025 - 17:28

          If I were on the jury I would acquit such an act

      • RTX9090Ti on 05/01/2025 - 21:19
        +3

        in the US, you can shoot them when they trespass unto your property and vandalising it.

        • AccessMax on 05/01/2025 - 23:22

          others can shoot you for self defense too. whats your point?

          • Alx75 on 06/01/2025 - 09:00
            +3

            @AccessMax: That's why you shoot first and ask question later.

          • RTX9090Ti on 06/01/2025 - 09:13

            @AccessMax: you assume they bring guns when vandalising your home, what if they only bring sticks and stones? OP concern was his home being vandalised, not him being shot.

  • Euphemistic on 03/01/2025 - 19:18
    +9

    If you 'apologised' there is unlikely to be any payback.

    Kids are dumb, especially in groups and extra especially if theyve just got a bunch of adrenalin coursing through their veins after being frightened by a car horn. Fight or flight and teens will far too often choose fight.

    Once they get home and get hooked on their video games theyll not think about it ever again.

    • morse on 03/01/2025 - 20:15
      +5

      I’m millennial and I can see this happening to me. You know some millennials are their early 40s? And X’s and Boomers are older than us.

      In all honesty it’s not that long since I was a teenager and I genuinely don’t want to kill a teenager. I often deal with kids on electric trail bikes, scooters etc and am just trying to navigate my way home without hurting them. Sometimes they are doing wheelies in peak traffic or cutting between footpaths, bike lanes and the road erratically. I’ve never had an incident but it’s definitely stressful trying to avoid incidents.

    • Alx75 on 06/01/2025 - 09:02
      +1

      If he was a boomer he would have slapped the shit out of them.

    • kaybrr on 06/01/2025 - 17:29
      +2

      Can we see a pic of your rattail?

    • ProlapsedHeinous on 06/01/2025 - 22:20

      Show me which part of your crusty rats tail you were touched.

  • Protractor on 03/01/2025 - 19:46

    Did they also quote your username back at you?
    Just remember if they are feral little Sunnyvale types, that 15 of your years is 18 of theirs.
    I'll bet they wanted to fight you after you apologised.
    BTW what was this dangerous behaviour that required berating them?
    If they do vandalise anything on your property you know who they are. If they persist to wedgy territory ,you may need to 'bikie up'.

    • Chandler on 06/01/2025 - 12:11

      Wedgy or wedgie?

      Personally, I'm for wedgie, and I have a feeling the dictionary agrees with me1.

      1. Based on search results, https://duckduckgo.com/?q=wedgy+vs+wedgie.
        There is a definition on the Oxford dictionary, but it's behind a paywall. ↩

      • Protractor on 06/01/2025 - 12:33
        +2

        Congratulations, you could be right. You seem like an edgie kinda guy.
        Actually, I was avoiding making it sound/look like wedge tailed eagle 'wedgie'.
        I'm also for wedgie. But not on the receiving end.

  • SnowDragon on 03/01/2025 - 19:59

    Gunna need a MS Paint diagram for this one

  • Empharand on 03/01/2025 - 20:05
    +14

    The fact that they were sporting rattail haircuts.
    One of them was trying to get me to go on the street to fight them.

    So… The moral of the story is that you should have hit them with your car, or am I missing something here?

    • AccessMax on 05/01/2025 - 23:26
      -4

      Yeah and one of those kids brother comes to your house at night and sets it on fire and your whole family dies. ta da.

      • Empharand on 05/01/2025 - 23:44
        +3

        You must be fun at parties!

      • ripesashimi on 06/01/2025 - 14:22

        Thats why OP should have run their family over later too, rookie mistake

  • apsilon on 03/01/2025 - 20:47
    +4

    Biking dangerously in what way?

    • Protractor on 03/01/2025 - 21:13
      +3

      Flame throwers full bore, while riding backwards & blindfolded while chucking a mono.
      Probs just on their way home from choir practise.

      • apsilon on 04/01/2025 - 06:45
        +5

        I'm going to assume from the fact multiple posters have asked and OP hasn't answered that it was merely the fact they were on the road. Hopefully they report the road rage to the cops.

        • Protractor on 04/01/2025 - 09:27
          +4

          I'm going to assume lots of left our facts,a few exaggerations a, failing to be situationally aware, and having a deficit to 'read the room' ability,in 2025.
          All rolled into *"what would a bunch of strangers say I wonder**?

          Who would seriously bother with a heated confrontation right on their doorstep if a couple of kids 'were (just) on the road' on bikes? Its not even clear if they were pushbikes, MCycles,e-bikes,unicycles or penny farthings.He probably just blasted the crap out of them for being there, and they retaliated. Now he has the pleasure of the decision and it's (possibly drawn out) aftermath.

          You make a good point about OP being asked multiple times to elaborate, but it's the way it is here. Somebody drops half a 'once upon a time' and disappears .Rude,innit?

    • Dollar General on 06/01/2025 - 13:26

      OP had his/her phone in his hand sexting and the ratbag kids were riding on the road which OP believes is only for registered vehicles

  • GordonD on 03/01/2025 - 21:20
    +26

    By apologising you've portrayed yourself as weak. And like some adults, some kids are bullies who enjoy picking on the weak. If there is any payback, it will be because of that. As soon as they followed you home and started behaving like the bullies they clearly are, you should have stood your ground, and made sure they saw you calling the cops. For most kids its the threat of the cops coming round to the house and getting them into trouble with their parents, and knowing that if there's a complaint about anything more happening the cops know exactly where to go, that would straighten them out.

    It is a serious mistake to argue and insult children, like you might an adult. That's accepting that they are equal to you. They have to understand they are a child, and you are an adult, and if they don't like what an adult has done they should go to their parents and have them raise the matter with that adult.

    I speak from experience.

    In the end it got sorted out once and for all by me getting a bikie I'd done a favour for do me a favour in return, and knock on their front door and read the riot act to them.

    • Protractor on 03/01/2025 - 22:16
      +2

      How about a post on that favour you did?

      • Bruceflix on 04/01/2025 - 00:07
        +4

        You'll have to subscribe to his OF for the details on that.

    • suzley on 04/01/2025 - 20:34
      +1

      "Never apologise, it's a sign of weaknness" - John Wayne?

    • WillKillfor5Cents on 05/01/2025 - 22:37
      +3

      What do you mean? most kids nowadays know they can commit small crime (such as vandalising etc") and get away with just a slap on the wrist. Justice system known to be broken. In fact, if they decided to retaliate, you'll be out of pocket fixing it and they will barely get any consequence. I might be wrong, but that is my understanding that's why Juvenile crime is out of hands in Australia!

    • ripesashimi on 06/01/2025 - 14:25

      You realise they can just stab you and get away with it right. They could destroy OP's car right there.

  • Kongzi on 03/01/2025 - 21:38
    +6

    Weak

  • Bignudge on 03/01/2025 - 22:11
    +1

    Better now than never but…

    1. You should have had a 4K Starvis 2 dash cam recording them in the act and them following you…
    2. You should have had a bunch of Reolink cameras (especially the optical zoom one) to record their faces in 4K zoomed in…. pulling up to your house and causing a ruckus.
    3. Perhaps print out the screenshots of their actions and faces and stick it at the front fence.
    4. Go to the cops first and report them.
    • Protractor on 03/01/2025 - 23:49

      The more I think about it (based on the OP caving in) the more I'm leaning to 'Pass Go, go directly to bikies and end the endless anxiety.

      And I'm assuming these were pushbikes?

  • Gunnar on 03/01/2025 - 22:24
    +15

    Find an old Japanese man from Okinawa and get him to teach you his family’s karate. Guaranteed no more bullies.

    • skid on 04/01/2025 - 08:34
      +10

      Tried that and he asked me to wax his old car :(

      • Mugsy on 04/01/2025 - 09:06
        +1

        Should have hung around… would have been part of a successful film and TV series franchise.

        • Bruceflix on 04/01/2025 - 15:43

          There's a TV series?
          You wouldn't know it with the upcoming movie being released this year.

    • belongsinforums on 05/01/2025 - 12:22

      probably okinawan if he's old

    • Stoogecake on 06/01/2025 - 13:20
      -1

      they rack disciprine.

  • JIMB0 on 03/01/2025 - 22:30
    +5

    Should have told them to f off and if you catch them in your yard again they're dead. Best you can do now is play chicken and swerve at them next time you see them while out driving.

    This may seem a bit extreme but there's no other way with these sort of people. You need to come across as a psychopath, sorry.

  • Caped Baldy on 03/01/2025 - 22:38
    +1

    What is biking dangerously exactly?

    Did you not notice them following you?

    I would have driven away fast enough so they wouldn't follow me…

    • Mugsy on 04/01/2025 - 09:57
      +6

      I would have pulled over in front of someone else's yard so they'd think I'd live elsewhere… ideally the home of a cop/special forces soldier/someone with a very particular set of skills.

      • AccessMax on 05/01/2025 - 23:18

        beta move

      • CocaKoala on 05/01/2025 - 23:33
        +1

        And then the special forces guy comes out and kicks your ass in front of those kids.

  • El cheepo on 03/01/2025 - 23:06
    +12

    Be careful, they are the bikies everyone on here is always talking about.

  • try2bhelpful on 04/01/2025 - 00:21

    Several years ago we saw a couple of twat motorbike riders doing “tricks” on th Melbourne/Geelong Road.They had a couple of cars blocking all the traffic. I had great satisfaction with a newspaper article saying they had been caught and charged.

    The kids will do squat. Get a dashboard cam and capture the image. At least You can show it to the cops when it comes to the inquest.

  • Some Human on 04/01/2025 - 05:35
    +2

    Unpopular fact: this is what happens when you're not allowed to spank kids.

    Yes, i believe they will do something to your home and they'll get away with it because unfortunately consequences don't exist in the modern world. Maybe get a fake gun and sit outside pretending to polish it if they come back. Was silly to blow the horn at them so close to home.

    • Protractor on 04/01/2025 - 09:28
      +3

      Oh yes because polishing a replica gun in broad daylight in the burbs, is the smart thing to do.New to Straya?

      • Some Human on 04/01/2025 - 10:30

        Only when the kids are looking duh.

        • Protractor on 04/01/2025 - 10:49
          +2

          I see you've deeply thought about this.
          Replica gun,LOL

    • Bruceflix on 04/01/2025 - 11:43
      -7

      So you think punishing children with violence will teach them that violence is wrong?

      • Some Human on 04/01/2025 - 12:04
        -1

        It's not an opinion…

        • Bruceflix on 04/01/2025 - 13:03
          -1

          So my kid wouldn't listen to me so I slapped them a little. Now they do as I say. Also, my wife wouldn't listen to me so I slapped her a little. Now she does as I say.

          Awesome!

          Just FYI, Have raised 2 decent, law abiding, and respectful children. Have never, ever used corporal punishment.

  • subydooby on 04/01/2025 - 08:06
    +12

    Nothing worse than running over teens on bikes, they make a horrible noise and often damage the paint…

    • UFO on 06/01/2025 - 11:24

      … and the paperwork. A lot of paperwork.

  • JIMB0 on 04/01/2025 - 08:20
    +4

    Train surfing used to weed out a lot of these types from society. They should put opening windows on trains again.

    • Protractor on 04/01/2025 - 10:51
      +3

      So did proper parenting.This is the direct dividend of paying ppl money to breed.

    • Bruceflix on 04/01/2025 - 11:43
      +2

      Button batteries weeded out the ultra curious

  • prankster on 04/01/2025 - 09:23
    +3

    sadly sounds like these kids going to be (profanity) when they grow up.
    yes kids can be kids but if they are doing stupid shit, this is an early indication they will be (profanity)/bullies when they grow up

    • jolygood on 05/01/2025 - 13:46
      +1

      You can bully your way to become a president. That's the sad state of the current society. Integrity and honour are not cool anymore. You get more 'like' when you post video of you doing wheelies or bashing other people.😓

      • prankster on 05/01/2025 - 17:08

        😩😔😢

  • LFO on 04/01/2025 - 12:17
    -4

    and I honked at them as I passed

    Isn't that VERY illegal?

    Love to read the generalized full condemnation of those "kids" based on OP's interpretation of biking dangerously on a busy road.

    Biking is bad.
    Honking is good.

    • skillet on 04/01/2025 - 16:40

      They are teens they have the rights to be young and dangerous.

    • OzzyOzbourne on 04/01/2025 - 22:47
      +4

      Exactly, you are only meant to use your horn when leaving a friends house at 2am, certainly not to warn kids they might get hit by a car whilst riding dangerously.

    • Saver Scott on 05/01/2025 - 09:00

      True. From Qld gov website on using your horn:

      “You may only use your vehicle horn to warn other road users of your approach or the position of your vehicle.”

      • Protractor on 05/01/2025 - 23:48
        -2

        QLD is another planet.So irrelevant.

      • kiitos on 06/01/2025 - 11:43
        +2

        So not illegal in this case, alerting the bike riders to their presence.

    • brendanm on 05/01/2025 - 21:52
      +1

      Rats tails and riding in the middle.of the road while cars are coming says it all. That they then tried to fight OP confirms the suspicion.

  • meumax on 04/01/2025 - 13:21
    +1

    Without describing in more detail what the "dangerous riding" was, we have no way of judging if you were justified in your actions. Please elaborate.

    • LiteDough on 04/01/2025 - 23:14
      -2

      At that age, maybe they should've been on the footpath.

  • 2025 on 05/01/2025 - 01:19
    +5

    What is “biking dangerously”?
    Is that simply sharing the road with OP while on a bicycle?

    • Murdrum on 06/01/2025 - 16:15

      In this scenario isn't it the OP driving the car that's dangerous?

  • Poor Ass on 05/01/2025 - 03:12

    Post dash cam footage

  • nobro25 on 05/01/2025 - 05:23
    -1

    Call bikies to get them.
    Plot twist: They're the sons of said bikies.

  • Randolph Duke on 05/01/2025 - 08:49
    +3

    Bikie origin story.

  • Saver Scott on 05/01/2025 - 08:57
    +1

    Bike riders are allowed to ride on roads too - even if they’re kids. You have no right to beep at them for that reason. Just let them ride their bikes in peace.

  • grr1701 on 05/01/2025 - 10:06

    Had something similar happen to me. Two electric bike riders doing wheelies and wobbling towards me, going in the opposite direction. I called out “idiots” so they turned and followed me. (I didn’t head home!) I got on a 70kph road and they were catching me! Got on 100kph highway and they gave up. A law unto themselves and parents don’t seem to give a damn

  • Tleyx on 05/01/2025 - 11:48

    You shouldnt try overtaking aomeone if they are riding unpredictably

  • ttt888 on 05/01/2025 - 12:14
    +6

    Hence in Western society is crap when come to situations like this.

    If u man handle them u get into trouble.

    If u don't they feel they are so tough….. And will never learn.. Until next time they get into trouble then becomes tax payers problem.

    Either in jail or on NDIS.

    • WillKillfor5Cents on 06/01/2025 - 15:06

      Too much rot in NDIS. Should be adult trial for all crimes.

  • tasty-falafel on 05/01/2025 - 15:43
    +1

    Could you provide us with some more information of the children, such as their ethnicity?

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