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Video: Aussie road rage driver attacks cyclist...then offers to pay for damages

Bike-mounted camera footage shows a man attacking a cyclist for 'being in the middle of the road'. After a fight, caught on camera, the man offers to pay the cyclist...

An Australian man in a purple Holden Commodore is the latest to be angered at the sight of a man riding a bicycle, and has showed his displeasure by threatening to run the cyclist over, before knocking his bike mounted camera to the ground, and then offering to pay for the camera.

In a video titled road rage cyclist v wannabe tough guy, footage from Perth shows the cyclist pulling over to the side of the road after turning left. The driver of the shiny purple Holden yells at the cyclist to get off the road, or he’ll run him over.

As the man gets back in the car, however, the cyclist, whose video is posted on YouTube under the name Mark k, points out the man is on camera. This seems to enrage the man even more. He walks over and knocks the camera to the road, sending the footage into a spin, before the camera settles on the ground, some distance from the scene.

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The two can still be seen tussling in the distance, however, and arguing, after which the man flees for his vehicle, and can be heard offering to pay for the damaged camera.

“If you listen, you hear him telling me to leave him alone as he's had a bad day and offers to pay for the camera right then,” says Mark K, who says he has since reported the incident to police. The footage, and the camera, survived, though are a little worse for wear from tumbling across the road.

“Police were very impressed with the quality of video. It has road rash and chipped the cap so it won't be water proof. Should get it replaced when he goes to court,” he says.

He hoped the footage would be widely shared to “reach [the driver's] neighbors, family and friends to embarrass him”.

At one point during the tussle Mark K slipped over. “I had cycling shoes on and slipped on the concrete throwing that wild punch,” he says.

 

 

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davel | 7 years ago
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Durianrider lives in each and every one of us. And bananas.

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Yorkshire wallet | 7 years ago
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When you can go on a body-building forum and those sort of people are saying Australia is a shit place to live, then it's got to be a shit place to live.

Durianrider also lives there.

 

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paul-ldn | 7 years ago
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This reminds me of why I left Australia and moved to London.

When Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew issued a warning in 1980 that Australia was in danger of becoming the "white trash" of Asia, who would have thought that prediction would come true?

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jim sheedy replied to paul-ldn | 7 years ago
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paul-ldn wrote:

This reminds me of why I left Australia and moved to London.

When Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew issued a warning in 1980 that Australia was in danger of becoming the "white trash" of Asia, who would have thought that prediction would come true?

 

Faint praise indeed from the white trash of Europe

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davel replied to jim sheedy | 7 years ago
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jim sheedy wrote:

paul-ldn wrote:

This reminds me of why I left Australia and moved to London.

When Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew issued a warning in 1980 that Australia was in danger of becoming the "white trash" of Asia, who would have thought that prediction would come true?

 

Faint praise indeed from the white trash of Europe

You didn't think that through. At least, I hope that's the explanation for such a stupid post.

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PaulBox | 7 years ago
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"He hoped the footage would be widely shared to “reach [the driver's] neighbors, family and friends to embarrass him”."

Good luck with that, the feker drives a shiney purple motor...

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Bob F | 7 years ago
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Bogan in a Maloo Ute... say no more.

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SHAUNAM | 7 years ago
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This drives me nuts!   Car drivers that think us cyclists shouldn't be on the road, always worry about something like this happening me.  I have only been cycling on the road for a few months, so still a bit nervous about it at times.   Of course this guy is a complete idiot, shorts in the same place as his souped up car (too low)

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P3t3 replied to SHAUNAM | 7 years ago
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SHAUNAM wrote:

 I have only been cycling on the road for a few months, so still a bit nervous about it at times.   

 

Don't be.  

99% of it is about the vibe you put out yourself, knobheads are looking for someone to bully so don't let them in in the first place.  Stay relaxed but vigilant in your bubble and take pride in being able to predict what other people (particularly drivers) are going to do before they have even decided to do it themselves.  

Once something wierd happens then the only bit you can control is you.  Don't antagonise, don't be self rightous, control you ego, don't think you can change the behaviour of idiots/humanity, and above all stay cool.  Idiots will be idiots and be aggressive/dangerous but don't let it rile you, just keep riding.   

Finally - realise this: nothing good ever came of having a confrontation with a driver, its just not worth stopping and "having a word", it will entrench their sense of rightousness  and you will feel stressed afterwards.  

 

<exception:  if you look really really really tough/mean/intimidating/nasty, none of the above is required!>

 

 

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J90 replied to P3t3 | 7 years ago
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P3t3 wrote:

SHAUNAM wrote:

 I have only been cycling on the road for a few months, so still a bit nervous about it at times.   

 

Don't be.  

99% of it is about the vibe you put out yourself, knobheads are looking for someone to bully so don't let them in in the first place.  Stay relaxed but vigilant in your bubble and take pride in being able to predict what other people (particularly drivers) are going to do before they have even decided to do it themselves.  

Once something wierd happens then the only bit you can control is you.  Don't antagonise, don't be self rightous, control you ego, don't think you can change the behaviour of idiots/humanity, and above all stay cool.  Idiots will be idiots and be aggressive/dangerous but don't let it rile you, just keep riding.   

Finally - realise this: nothing good ever came of having a confrontation with a driver, its just not worth stopping and "having a word", it will entrench their sense of rightousness  and you will feel stressed afterwards.  

 

<exception:  if you look really really really tough/mean/intimidating/nasty, none of the above is required!>

 

 

Exactly. They want a reaction for 'fun' half the time, I'm chill AF with them and don't acknowledge their existence, unless they start something, then I'm swinging my bike in their face.

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HarrogateSpa | 7 years ago
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I can only assume that the guy in the purple car somehow felt that he was bigger and more powerful than someone 'only' on a bike. Then when challenged, he remembered that his car was his car, and he was himself - hence 'whhaaa, sorry, I'll pay etc'

I don't advocate violence in any situation, but the Scottish guy on the bike was provoked, and was entitled to stand up for himself.

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DrG82 | 7 years ago
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Another old fat bloke in a stupid tarted up car. But the engine still sounds like an old tractor.

An impressively tough camera though and yes, as suggested above, the cyclist does sound a bit scottish.

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partsandlabour | 7 years ago
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Zzzzzzzzzz

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1961BikiE | 7 years ago
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Oz looks to be a really ace place to be a cyclist.

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Huw Watkins | 7 years ago
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I think those people are termed 'Bogans' in Australia, aren't they?

 

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handlebarcam | 7 years ago
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I thought only Barbie drove a purple car.

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The _Kaner | 7 years ago
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Do I detect a Scottish accent from the cyclist?

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Metaphor | 7 years ago
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Funny how it's always the English-speaking countries...

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