Road rage escalation
Discussion
Another road rage story here.
I was on my way home and pulled up at a junction behind a rusty white van. The van door opened and out stepped the driver who walked over to speak to the driver of a Civic Type R through his window. I had my windows up but could hear general disagreement and hand waving.
The van driver walked back towards his van but as he crossed the front of the Honda the driver of the latter (a young male with male passenger) floored it and shovelled the van driver up and over the bonnet and windscreen before speeding off.
I pulled around the van and stopped in front. The guy had a lot of grazing on his forearms and was very sore and badly shaken.
The Civic's registration number was recorded by my wife and we called the police non-emergency number to give some details and now await any call back if they want statements etc.
Any idea what sort of charges the Honda driver might look forward to?
I was on my way home and pulled up at a junction behind a rusty white van. The van door opened and out stepped the driver who walked over to speak to the driver of a Civic Type R through his window. I had my windows up but could hear general disagreement and hand waving.
The van driver walked back towards his van but as he crossed the front of the Honda the driver of the latter (a young male with male passenger) floored it and shovelled the van driver up and over the bonnet and windscreen before speeding off.
I pulled around the van and stopped in front. The guy had a lot of grazing on his forearms and was very sore and badly shaken.
The Civic's registration number was recorded by my wife and we called the police non-emergency number to give some details and now await any call back if they want statements etc.
Any idea what sort of charges the Honda driver might look forward to?
The thing is the Civic had well and truely gone and the van driver was up and walking. We spoke for a bit to ensure he was ok and I gave him my name and number but decided to call the police too just in case.
I possibly should have called 999 but I'm not sure what difference it really would have made as they'd still need to trace the car?
I'd quite like to see the little knob get a very serious charge.
It's a terrible thing to say but I was a bit annoyed when the van driver got out because he blocked everyone (big queue behind me) through a green light while he argued and tbh we were a bit worried he might be a caravanning enthusiast so didn't want to involve ourselves. The arguement wasn't violent looking and there were no threatening gestures we could see. The Civic driver's decision to run him down was totally unwarranted and completely indefensible - so I decidee to involve myself afterall. Another couple of lads stopped too and also gave details.
I possibly should have called 999 but I'm not sure what difference it really would have made as they'd still need to trace the car?
I'd quite like to see the little knob get a very serious charge.
It's a terrible thing to say but I was a bit annoyed when the van driver got out because he blocked everyone (big queue behind me) through a green light while he argued and tbh we were a bit worried he might be a caravanning enthusiast so didn't want to involve ourselves. The arguement wasn't violent looking and there were no threatening gestures we could see. The Civic driver's decision to run him down was totally unwarranted and completely indefensible - so I decidee to involve myself afterall. Another couple of lads stopped too and also gave details.
jamieduff1981 said:
smokeey said:
Patch888 said:
Spineless civic driver, sounds like he had every opportunity to discuss the situation like a man.
Or bully Transit driver finally picked on the wrong little guy and got what he deserved.We'll probably never know.
Drive Blind said:
you dont know what started it and you dont know what the van driver said. He chose to escalate it.
the civic driver clearly decided he was leaving ASAP.
It could quite easily be this, the civic driver was worried (this is what I expect he would say in any event) about further escalation and the white van man coming back with a wrench or whatever so he got the f**k out of there quickly. An act of necessity..the civic driver clearly decided he was leaving ASAP.
Jasandjules said:
Drive Blind said:
you dont know what started it and you dont know what the van driver said. He chose to escalate it.
the civic driver clearly decided he was leaving ASAP.
It could quite easily be this, the civic driver was worried (this is what I expect he would say in any event) about further escalation and the white van man coming back with a wrench or whatever so he got the f**k out of there quickly. An act of necessity..the civic driver clearly decided he was leaving ASAP.
iva cosworth said:
Drive Blind said:
you dont know what started it and you dont know what the van driver said. He chose to escalate it.
the civic driver clearly decided he was leaving ASAP.
And that justifies hit and run ?the civic driver clearly decided he was leaving ASAP.
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