Got freaked out this morning

[Andre]

Just get the number plate, rule one.
HEs gone then.

My misses before we went out got hasseled up in the belgrave hills on her way to work. Around where puffing billy goes along here in Vic.
this prick tailgated her through the hills so she pulled over and let him go.
HE started the stop start routine in front of her old holden station wagon ,an old HQ wag.this went for miles.
He was in a hotted up valiant pacer, dice on the mirror etc..
She just put her foot down and pushed him along from behind and ran him off the road he stopped, she went flying past. next town he comes around a round about the wrong way and stops her takes her keys out of her car. She goes to his car takes his keys out of his .they are running around swearing at each other.
This fool calls the cops and they turn up at my misses work with him cause he wants his dents fixed. The stories are told and this fool says in front of witnesses that he hates surfrs and surfy wagons anyway!
My mises said the joke on you fool we are 40 miles inland I dont surf its just a fukin car.
The cop let it all go, seeing 'she' didnt want to press charges if he dropped his of ramming.
That was 20 years ago there are worse people around now, best avoid them completly or say sorry before you swear at them.Put them at a false ease promise them anything,Walk away safe ,note their number plates down and get some cops you know personally to put a pollution exaust immitting roadworthy style check on them for the next few years.
They have to take their car to get it checked at their expence then go back to the exact cops and its up to them if they let it through or not.Which they do , then they pull them over again and again till they get the message they have fucked up royally and change cars.

[Sharla]

Your wife sounds like a gutzy woman Andre.

In my position though i'm really aware of how much more vulnerable I am on a bicycle in an altercation with a car driver. My first thought when I saw him coming back was to get as far off the road as possible.

I am a little short sighted and there was no way I could get his number plate without him being much closer to me than was safe.

No people around to help except one car which slowed for a second up ahead and then drove off as soon as they saw he couldn't run fast enough to catch me on my bike.

If this happened to one of my bros they'd probably wait for him to get out of his car and then turn and chase him. They are six foot two and six foot 4 though.

They are big an oddly enough usually only get hassled by drunk guys at night who feel brave because they are in a group. As a bantamweight I wouldn't bet my safety on letting him get close enough - especially in his car - to argue with him.

[Andre]

Probably just a Borat looking for a aussie wife.
"I smak you ,you love me yes"?

[Sharla]

Well I should have gone in a made a statement earlier but i'm off to do that now. I told my mum about it - she works in the Admin department of forensic science. She mentioned it to a cop and was told I should make a statement even though he didn't actually catch me because it could be a recurring incident.

[Douglas]

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The only reason I can think he decided to yell abuse at me in the first place is because I was wearing training clothes - summer here so they're just shorts and a singlet. Maybe judging by his language he's from somewhere that's not acceptable and he needed to tell me about it?!?!

Piss on that motherfucker. Tell him to go back to where he came from if he doesn't like the way women dress. Coming to another country and then trying to tell someone else how to live.

I think that middle finger REALLY got him in a spin though. Serves him right, the bastard.

[LEGION]

Get a license to carry a firearm and shoot that motherf#cker next time. You shouldn't have to look over your shoulder every time you want to go for a run; worried some psycho booby is going to chase you and set off his semtex bomb belt. Or take a bar of soap with you and throw it at him; he'll run for the hills and never bother you again.

[Sharla]

Suprise Suprise Apparently a guy matching my description driving a car matching my description raped a woman later that night.

Good thing I didn't hang around to ask him if he was just frustrated and having a bad morning!

[brucelee]

Just need to have a bitch because I got a bit of a scare this morning.

Was cycling to boxing training. I deliberately live close to my gym so it's not far at all.

Was cycling in a cycling lane down a road close to a golf course. I cut through the golf course, cycle down this road a few hundred metres and then go through a pedestrian train crossing to get to the suburb where my boxing club is.

Then out of nowhere I get yelled at by some guy in a car coming the other way. I'm across the other side of the road cycling the opposite way in the bike lane so there's no way I'm in his way.

I just automatically gave him the finger and kept cycling. I didn't catch what he was yelling but the tone was abusive so I just though Wanker and kept going.

He must have driven on for a minute then decided to turn around.

For some reason I decided to look behind me and I saw him coming back after me!

I got off the roda where he couldn't follow in his car - behind trees etc.

He pulled up in the bike lane and got out of his car and tried to chase me yelling in Arabic!

I was too fast for him on the bike and got to the train track while cars were slowing down wondering what the hell was going on so I got away pretty easily.

If hadn't looked back and seen him coming and was still on the road what would have happened?

If I was a 12 year old little girl or something who didn't think to look or know what to do what would have happened?

There were not that many cars around.

I'm so angry that I have to worry about this in my usually safe neighbourhood at 10 am.

The only reason I can think he decided to yell abuse at me in the first place is because I was wearing training clothes - summer here so they're just shorts and a singlet. Maybe judging by his language he's from somewhere that's not acceptable and he needed to tell me about it?!?!

I never expected to get this in Adelaide of all places!

All the muslim people I know through the university are really nice and treat me with nothing but respect and professionalism. They come to our country ready to accept that the culture is different here without making an issue out of it.

I visited a muslim country once (Brunei) and abided by the cultural rules by comvering up a bit.

Now though that there is obviously one fundamentalist Nutjob in my area I have to what - carry lead balls on my bike to smash windscreen if I have to? A brother of mine who rides motornikes keeps lead balls with him in case he gets trouble on the road.

Creepy, Creepy, Creepy!

really creepy. you should report that incident to the police coz that guy might be a terrorist.No one in his right mind would do that considering the fact that he is just a visitor of your country.

[brucelee]

Suprise Suprise Apparently a guy matching my description driving a car matching my description raped a woman later that night.

Good thing I didn't hang around to ask him if he was just frustrated and having a bad morning!

I'm wondering how people like that could come to your country?

[Andre]

Suprise Suprise Apparently a guy matching my description driving a car matching my description raped a woman later that night.

Good thing I didn't hang around to ask him if he was just frustrated and having a bad morning!

Wonder if that other motorist got his number down?
Or anyone else around?

Hire car,
Cops would check those and local gas stations and epos cards used throughout the day by guys matching his description.

[Master]

You are over reacting, a terrorist would not want to create that much attention. As has been said, it could have been a white Aussie psycho, their made in all colours and cultures. You did the sensible thing with running.

[Sharla]

Wonder if that other motorist got his number down?
Or anyone else around?

Hire car,
Cops would check those and local gas stations and epos cards used throughout the day by guys matching his description.

The other car didn't hang around long. I suspect it was not occupied by a large guy or someone who felt able to handle themselves physically because it was like "she's not being murdered is she, she got away - good - ok I'm outta here! No I won't go and ask her if she's alright - she's cyling away in a hurry"

It wasn't a hire car. It was old. I suspect he lives here. I never assumed for a second he'd just arrived. His culture is obviously different to mine and I said he may have cultural reasons for being instantly angry at the sight of me before I even saw him. I don't know why that's so hard to believe when I didn't have a chance to do or say anything or even notice his car before he reacted so aggresively just to the sight of me!

I never said he was a terrorist I think I said he could be an extremist or a fundamentalist - I wouldn't think that was the same thing. If it is I used the wrong words for what I was trying to say.

Although while I would say terrorists are definately the very small minority from his instantly angry yet thought out behaviour I wouldn't put it past someone like that to target particular groups of people. He's not setting bombs in buildings but he's stalking and raping women.

Also his attempt at getting me was in a secluded area on a quiet road after driving past yelling loudly, thinking about it and then coming back. He didn't make noise on his way back until I'd seen him and gone off road. He didn't intend to attract attention to himself. He intended to come up behind me quietly. I'm sure with a thought out plan of attack like that he knew what he was doing.

Also if I have to hot foot it away from a guy who apparently fits the description of a rapist and I say I'm freaked out I'm not overreacting!!!!!!!

I'm a transport cyclist - I get hassled on the roads every day and usually don't get freaked out - I can tell the difference between I'm out to scare you for fun because I'm a wanker and I'm going to try to hurt you!

I can't believe how I'm the bad over-reacting, racist one out of this! Of course I was actually there but other people here somehow KNOW better than me that this guy didn't have and opinions he might have been brought up with that caused him to have that unprovoked attitude towards me!

[Julius Rain]

Sharla dear, maybe you should drive from now on. That is scary for a women to go through something like that then later find out a men with similar description fit a men reportedly raped another women. To me a Liar is a lower form of a coward but a rapist now that is just not human. Damned animals and should be treated like animals!

I hope for your safety sharla, hopefully you can figure out a better and safer way. Maybe a tazer can come in handy, or an ice-pick something sharp but small. I prefer you start driving then riding though, its safer and you can hide a little suprise shotgun if another animal comes after you.

[Sharla]

Yes you are right Julius. I really should buy a car soon. I'd rep you for that suggestion but I have to spread it around. I try to catch the bus sometimes but on weekends they don't run as often and there is no bus that travels directly from my house to the gym.

Here we need 50 hours of driving logged as a learner with someone else before we can drive by ourselves. I've got about 15 or 20 hours left but I'm paying to get most of them with an instructor since I don't live with my parents or anyone who can give me lessons regularly - especially since I train most nights and other people in my family fill all their spare time up with sport as well.

I'm thinking about paying someone in my club petrol money to pick me up on weekends to drive me even though it's only a 10 minute cycle away and a really nice suburb!

I don't think it's easy to get a gun here. I thought about knuckle dusters but I still couldn't see me winning an arguement with a car on a bicycle just because I'm wearing knuckle dusters. I might get them for when I'm running on the local jogging tracks though. Maybe I can just leave them on while I run and it'll look like I'm just wearing a lot of jewellery?

I'm wondering if I should also go and warn people at the local tennis courts and the big commercial gym which is just about 500 m down the same road. I often see young tennis players warming up by going for a jog along there. Maybe print out a flyer they can stick on their notice board?

[Julius Rain]

Not a bad idea, they could help. I think it is good to send out the word so others can be aware. Maybe everyone will start to watch eachothers back more. Hopefully things work out best for you.