Ajay,

I have to deal with idiots like these all the time. Malaysians are some of the worst in the World as regards to driving etiquette.

You are doing the right thing going to the fuzz and getting an official record. Last thing you want to do is taking matters into your own hand, escalating into a fistfight and worse.

If you are looking for a good economical dashcam consider the Mobius Action Cam.

It records in 1080p and had a long trackrecord of development in close cooperation with the rc community. The official thread is here and please note the official eBay sellers/resellers. Don't buy it from anyone else.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1904559

Good luck mate and take care.

Yeah Ajay, we call that "Documentation", and you'll need it if anything happens in the future. And it probably will. A dash cam would also be a very good idea, or at least carry your I-phone to film it, and put it on record, if you pass words.

So take the time, and stop by the local PD and make the report. It won't take but a few minutes, and may save you a whole lot of legal fee's and time in the can, if things escalate. And it appears they probably will. That guy is a psycho, and he'll remember you.

Remember I said this, because your going to wish you did, if you don't
If you're not concerned about yourself, think of the other guy who he gets....this will help if you have his plate number and make/model of vehicle, even a short desc of the driver. W/M/45 blk hair, mustache...etc.
Be nice if you could pick him out of a lineup of 5-7 other guys.
He might end up killing someone with his vehicle.

Happens all the time.

"I never thought it would happen to ME!"......lol....


Or....you could just keep driving and let the next guy worry about it......
Your choice.

Never ever let yourself get dragged down to the same level as those idiots.

It's never worth it.

+1 for the dashcam

I got one back home. Hopefully my father kept it in the car and is using it. There's one psychological added value for the dashcam. Since you're recording and you know you're recording you're less likely to be an idiot yourself.

I found it out when I installed it. Was thinking, "ooh, camera's recording can work both ways. Gotta be a good boy!"

And I'm not denying it, I have that unfortunate tendency for uncontrollable rage.

Another vote for an in-car video camera.
I've had one in my cars for a while now (after a guy backed into my WRX at the lights. He could have claimed I ran into him but fortunately didn't, but I decided to have proof after that) and have caught on video some amazingly stupid crap.

The police will do exactly nothing when you show them the video though, they don't care.

I'd have done the same as you Ajay, and have on one occasion but just with my fists. 3 workmen in a van sounding their horn over and over as I was at a box junction waiting to turn right (you cannot pause in a box junction or get a ticket) so I got out and screamed at the driver to get out of the van, I even tried to open the door. They didn't move.

Sometimes dicks need their bluff to be called.

You take the film to court, and the judge will do something.

And ALL police are not the same. I see you have formed an opinion, and it encompasses ALL of one group of people.
I find that sad. And obviously not true. Many cases have been decided on filmed evidence. FACT.
Just like all drivers, are not the same.
All humans are not the same.

Facts.

Another 'fact', most cameras do not show the side view. Which is how a large amount of accidents happen, broadsides, the worst kind, other than head on's.

If your camera does not encompass the entire incident, it may be inadmissible in court.
Maybe why some police don't care about your camera.
I DON"T KNOW.....lol....

You'll overcome that in time.

Maybe not a good idea to stop and got out of your car, no telling who has a gun nowadays.

So how do you 'take it to court'?
Are the legal proceedings done the same way here as in the US? Do you know?

My comments on the QPS (Queensland Police Force) are based on personal experience with them and also a lot of other people. Unless someone gets hurt, shot, etc, they almost always are just not interested in doing anything.
Is your experience with them the same?

one of the reasons i'm eager to go back to my country. i found out how easy it is to get a gun back at home compared to other countries and that's the first thing on my to do list once i arrive.

All i have done at this stage was the phone in and when i got home i wrote out all three experiences in s much detail as i could , included a google map screenshot and marked location of cars and a run through of the incidents so basic a child could understand it. More so if it does happen again then i am not relying on memory if i have to go to the police. I left fifteen minutes earlier and will do this for a couple of weeks. Once i go back to my regular time, if it happens again i will just straight to the cop shop and file a report. I put all of the stuff i did on a usb and have it in the glovebox.

This is the first two times he hassled me, it isn't much but i thought if i didn't do it last night while it was fresh then i would forget things.



Definitely won't be contemplating keeping a gun in the car I would be too tempted to start popping tyres in my daily commute just to get a clear lane

Cheers Murph, just read this. I really should go file the report, i have been thinking along the lines of...i wonder who else this guy hassles on the road. I wouldn't be able to identify him in a lineup, the first two times i was unsure if it was a guy or girl as i never got close enough to see, just a shape in a car from behind. Third time, i only briefly saw a ratty looking male mid twenties maybe, scruffy longish goatee, scrubby untrimmed face, beanie and a fluoro work shirt. Maybe if they did the lineup with five other shaved guys






Yeah..i know. I was really out of character, been a long time since someone pushed my buttons like that

cheers all for the advice.

When looking at this - remember that Ajay is from DownUnderLand where they drive on the wrong side of the road, so he's headed north on the map, and not south like most of us would assume from that side of the road

That's a bit irrelevant since Ajay's opponent is travelling in the same direction and sneaking up behind in a rather unchivalrous manner.

The choice of weapons would traditionally decide which side of the road to drive on. For normal right-handed people, this would mean driving on the left with swords and on the right for lances.
With horseless carriages (which seem to be used in this case) it's actually better to drive on the left in both cases, as the lance can be better controlled through the driver's side window.

Anyway, this will depend on one of the combatants 'doing a U-ey' on Beaudesert Rd.

I hope you were not planning on getting out because while a jack handle is a powerful weapon a Yaris has about a ton on your little jack handle.

Should he start following you around in his car, calmly drive to the next police station.

Ajay, come to think of it, this thread is a time stamped document of your experience.

What you did wrong Ajay was to flash your lights at the guy. He got exactly what he wanted - a response from you.
Do you know his state of mind ? How about that Glock or AK-47 sitting in his front seat ? How long has he been out of the penitentiary ?

Don't respond to road rage nuts out there it might get you shot and killed.
Make a police report as stated previously and have a way to take video or photos in case of future incidents.

Man killed in road rage incident July 14th, 2014
nvestigators said a black Jeep Wrangler and a gold vehicle were heading westbound on Southeast Military Drive just before 7 p.m. Sunday, when an altercation of some sort occurred and shots were fired.

http://www.ksat.com/content/pns/ksat/new...identified.html

As it isn't the USA, the likelihood of getting shot is rather remote.