Aussie road rage driver chased cyclist and smashed SUV through suburban fences

Well it might have explained why she was already banned for driving, when she was driving.

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The court heard that her criminal history frequently involved being drunk and "behaving poorly" to police.

So that might be the reason for the defence. "Y'honour, my client usually does stupid things when is drunk, the good news is she wasn't drunk this time".

brooksby wrote:

If she wasn't drunk at the time, then being an alcoholic is surely completely irrelevant to her rampage?

In my experience alcoholics are often more dangerous when they're sober (assuming it's a period of sobriety between drinking bouts and not aiming for long-term sobriety), when they're edgy, anxious and prone to snap; when drinking they're more relaxed generally. This woman's behaviour seems quite typical of what the Aussies call the "dry horrors" or more scientifically delerium tremens, a psychotic reaction to alcohol withdrawal.

Rendel Harris wrote:

brooksby wrote:

If she wasn't drunk at the time, then being an alcoholic is surely completely irrelevant to her rampage?

In my experience alcoholics are often more dangerous when they're sober (assuming it's a period of sobriety between drinking bouts and not aiming for long-term sobriety), when they're edgy, anxious and prone to snap; when drinking they're more relaxed generally. This woman's behaviour seems quite typical of what the Aussies call the "dry horrors" or more scientifically delerium tremens, a psychotic reaction to alcohol withdrawal.

Absolutely. Saying "being an alcoholic is surely completely irrelevant to her rampage" only shows how little someone knows about alcoholism.

ShutTheFrontDawes wrote:

Rendel Harris wrote:

brooksby wrote:

If she wasn't drunk at the time, then being an alcoholic is surely completely irrelevant to her rampage?

In my experience alcoholics are often more dangerous when they're sober (assuming it's a period of sobriety between drinking bouts and not aiming for long-term sobriety), when they're edgy, anxious and prone to snap; when drinking they're more relaxed generally. This woman's behaviour seems quite typical of what the Aussies call the "dry horrors" or more scientifically delerium tremens, a psychotic reaction to alcohol withdrawal.

Absolutely. Saying "being an alcoholic is surely completely irrelevant to her rampage" only shows how little someone knows about alcoholism.

Fair enough: as someone who had to stop drinking because I wouldn't stop drinking, I'll bow before your superior knowledge

"Facing deportation"? Where is that mentioned?

AlsoSomniloquism wrote:

"Facing deportation"? Where is that mentioned?

In the twitter report, not in the article

I wonder if this means we're getting one of our knuckle dragging fucknuggets returned to us?? Oh joy.

In the video, the reporter says it.

New Zealander; Australia deports non-citizen criminals.

Why is she racist? big assumption there pal.. just because the victim is black.

grOg wrote:

Why is she racist? big assumption there pal.. just because the victim is black.

Truly there are none so blind as those who refuse to see...in the text the perpetrator is described as "making racial accusations" whilst in the video it's reported she was "hurling racial slurs" and in sentencing the judge said, "Your attack was marked by racist abuse." So no assumption at all.