Select to expand quotejbshack said..pierrec45 said..
About the Brisbane episode - never heard what happened to the bogan after he turned himself in ??
Sadly id bet almost nothing
I have been told that the cops took him to court charged with aggravated assault and no traffic charges. The guy had been involved in 5 other road rage incidents including against women.
Was told that he received a warning. WTF
Select to expand quotecisco said..jbshack said..pierrec45 said..
About the Brisbane episode - never heard what happened to the bogan after he turned himself in ??
Sadly id bet almost nothing
I have been told that the cops took him to court charged with aggravated assault and no traffic charges. The guy had been involved in 5 other road rage incidents including against women.
Was told that he received a warning. WTF
There in lies our problem with this country. One day he will do it to the wrong guy and he'll get his head beat in
Lets hope
How terrifying.Hate to imagine what could have happened.
I think in the whole scheme of things its not a big deal ( for the cops ) even if you held him I doubt he would be charged with anything.
The range of excuses for a situation like that would be huge...I thought it was my mate waiting for me...etc etc.
I lock my car doors if I feel unsafe but by the sounds of things you had no reason to feel threatened.
Maybe you subconsciously new it was unsafe as when I have my eyes on the iphone its like I have blinkers on
Select to expand quoteyoungbull said..
Tonight for the first time I was almost carjacked.
I went to Bribie Island to see a friend tonight with the baby and wife. I got a little lost so I pulled over in front of a small shopping center to stare at the phone for directions. Very well lit up area, late night shopping so alot of cars in the car park. Within 10 seconds I noticed A tall dark male in a black hoodie walking towards the car, did not give it much thought as I never have before. 10-15 more later and now I see he is close, next thing he runs the last 5meters straight at the car grabbed hold of the rear passenger door where 7month old baby is sleeping and I just nailed it. Hearing the door handle and a fxxk as I tore off.
Now I drive a decked out 80 series TD. I am obviously not some little old lady driving. About 100mt down the road and the wife saying I did not even see him till you drove off. Did a uey and parked opposite the area (now with locked doors) and called the cops, he walked back into S.C.
Nothing came of it and I drove off before the police turned up. Both of us will lock our car doors everytime we get in the car. So freaky especially with bubs in the car, a life changing moment yet such a small thing.
That's funny. I was in a small shopping center carpark the other night after picking up a present for my mum. My wife, who drives a car exactly like yours, was coming by to pick me up, with her sister as shotgun.
I saw them pull up, but at a distance from where I was standing. They like to play that game where they speed off as I get to the door so I sprinted the last 5 meters. Only this time when they drove off they parked far opposite me and just sat there.
Sick of their childish games I walked back into the warmth of the shopping centre. When I walked back out they had gone.
Then I got arrested.
Select to expand quotekiteboy dave said..
^^^ OTOH I met someone years ago, family friends of an ex of mine, who were fairly rich in Port Moresby, owned the biggest store/chain apparently, maybe. Made enough to buy a Lambo when they came back here. They lived behind a razor wire fence. With dogs and guards with machine guns inside it at all times. With another razor wire fence inside that one to create a no man's land. And a safe room in the house. Just in case they got thru. Which happened. The story goes that left PNG after staring down the wrong end of a shotgun in the face.... for the 8th time.
(disclaimer: obviously, extreme case they were rich, PM is unlike most of PNG, etc etc)
Yep, have heard many of the "I knew a friend" stories. Complete load of exaggerated crap in the majority of cases. The only reason for anyone to have that sort of protection/fear is if they attract it - ie hold large amounts of cash/gold etc on a premises, and you would need the same protection anywhere.
PNG has it's issues, especially in the large cities (as anywhere) but not the picture most people paint. If someone has a regular problems here, they are doing something out of the ordinary.
