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

    • JIMB0 on 05/01/2025 - 19:15
      +4

      Quite possibly white kids with rat tails or a mullet. The other likely ethnicity you can't mention without getting accused of being racist.

      • Protractor on 06/01/2025 - 10:18

        There's accusations and there's evidence.
        The way you happily threw in the typical stereotyping (profiling) is like a laser on you.

    • AccessMax on 05/01/2025 - 23:16
      -1

      why tf does it matter what ethnicity they were? there are good and bad in every group.

  • Drewbo on 05/01/2025 - 22:21
    +2

    Honking rarely has a positive outcome.

    • sandman20104159 on 06/01/2025 - 10:23

      im the same, no honking from me unless its an emergancy as a horn should only be used for. i dont honk as i leave a house, i dont honk at lights i just find it makes things worse.

      • Eeples on 07/01/2025 - 01:15

        Surely I tiny little beep at the lights is okay after waiting 5sec-10sec on the green?

        • sandman20104159 on 07/01/2025 - 08:56

          i find someone else will already have done it

    • PhilosophicalTurtle on 06/01/2025 - 22:13
      +1

      I only honk my wife

  • AccessMax on 05/01/2025 - 23:15
    -1

    If you cant fight outside the vehicle then don't act like you can when you are inside the vehicle.

  • Protractor on 05/01/2025 - 23:50
    +1

    OP is either digging a bunker, or putting the place up for sale. The kids have enlisted their 36 mates to patrol his street around the clock.He won't be sleeping.

  • Alx75 on 06/01/2025 - 08:58
    +1

    In the good old days, you would give them a backhander the second they entered your yard. Then you would ask them where they live, drag them home by their ears and deliver to their parent. Then the parents would take over and give them another slap and tell them to apologise to you.

    • Protractor on 06/01/2025 - 10:08

      In the good old days parents parented ,period.
      But then in the good old days the planet wasn't bursting at the seams with humans,wallowing in social media effluent worshipping influencers and outsourcing all responsibility to the village (interweb)
      All in all a well earned end game awaits in the wings.

    • gfjh567gh3 on 07/01/2025 - 10:39

      You can only have that happen in a homogeneous society

  • sandman20104159 on 06/01/2025 - 10:22

    if it was me, i wouldnt have honked my horn, i find honking anything makes things worse. i just wave and make a fist but no middle finger or yelling out the window and just keep going.

  • iknowtj on 06/01/2025 - 10:53

    House is going to get firebombed for sure.

    Oh wait, they probably got on tiktok later and have been brainwashed for the night, and you've been forgotten.

  • DMFD on 06/01/2025 - 13:21

    Who knows, You could have changed fate. Now you wont hear screeching tires and screaming kids.

  • Purp on 06/01/2025 - 16:08

    Don't apologise next time geez, you weren't in the wrong.

  • Windows7forever on 06/01/2025 - 19:27

    Your first mistake was drawing attention to yourself so close to home which then allowed them to follow you to your house. Hopefully nothing happens, but I'd be sleeping with one eye open for a few days incase they try to damage your house or car.

  • dojomojo on 06/01/2025 - 20:15

    Install security cameras and motion flood lights pointing to your front yard and cars.

  • Hangryuman on 06/01/2025 - 20:49

    'The fact that they were sporting rattail haircuts doesn't inspire any confidence either'

    my prejudice suggests a lack of confidence in their future lives - and that you won't need to add to that $#itstorm

    but I Googled and found it may be cultural - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattail_(hairstyle)

    'The style found its niche in the gritty underground of the punk subculture in the mid to late 1980s. As the mullet began to oversaturate the mainstream, the rat tail offered a more unusual alternative. It wasn’t just a hairstyle; it was a bold political statement, declaring a decree of defiance and individuality' - https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/61353/1/rat-tail…

    may be last year's fashion revival - https://www.thetease.com/the-classic-80s-rattail-is-back-wit…

    'someone who has a rats tail or mullet is more likely to be a bogan or member of the lower class economically than someone who doesn't have those things … rat tails have always screamed housing commission bogan.' - https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/12dp006/is_the_m…

    'The rat tail says to the world, I’m totally rad and I take no guff from any authority figure. It says, watch out! This BMX bike is gonna run circles around you and do a sweet jump with both wheels well off the air.' - https://www.reddit.com/r/PetPeeves/comments/12swjf6/the_rat_…

    so … were they on BMX bikes ?

  • Eeples on 07/01/2025 - 01:12
    -1

    You should not have tooted them when you passed them.

    The horn is used to show others your position. So any tooting should be way before you get close to them and if they haven’t seen you. Two little toots. And give them a wave as you pass. And even say ‘Thanks fellas’ if they make any effort to get out of your way,

    As for the rest of your story. No comment.

  • ely on 07/01/2025 - 06:39
    -2

    OK Boomer

  • Jacked on 07/01/2025 - 08:59

    Here is Gemini's response and AI is always right:

    This sign indicates the parking restrictions in a specific zone in NSW. Here's the breakdown:
    10P: You can park for a maximum of 10 hours.
    90° ANGLE: Vehicles must be parked at a 90-degree angle to the curb (i.e., perpendicular parking).
    8AM - 6PM MON - FRI: The 10-hour time limit and angle restriction apply only from 8 AM to 6 PM, Monday to Friday. Outside these hours, different rules may apply, or parking might be unrestricted.

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