Geoff James
Registered User
I know I said I hadn't got time to make any more posts, but this just has to be shared:
Interesting post on the KiwiBiker website today from one of the correspondents in Christchurch NZ. There is justice in the world!!!
Cheers
Geoff
Had an interesting experience today that I thought I might share with you.
I was on my way to work this morning when I kept noticing a black Mitsishity Galant behind me that didn?t seem to like staying in its lane and kept speeding up and slowing down, coming quite close to my rear bumper. (I was in a work car). I did notice though that the "perp" in question was about 16 and texting away happily on his cell phone while driving. I wasn't too surprised though but hoped that he wouldn?t hit me because I didn?t really feel like it this morning with NO sleep last night at all.
Anyway, at next set of lights, the prick was too engrossed in telling his cell phone that he loved it, that he went strait into the arse end of me! Luckily I saw this coming and was prepared by stopping a few feet back from the intersection so I wasn?t shoved into oncoming traffic. (Right, now I was pissed!).
So we both got out of the cars, him cell phone in hand still bloody texting (Probably saying, "Hey maaaan, just had like a crash and stuff"), so without hesitation, I just slapped the phone to the ground and stomped on it. I wasn?t anywhere near the mood of being polite! But I did manage to get the guys attention and inform him neatly of his parentage, his sexual connotations, his smell and many other insults I could think of. The bugger didn?t even answer back, I think he was still stunned by the fact I had just smashed his new cell phone (Some Vodafone 3G thingie). But as soon as I mentioned I was calling the cops he burst into tears and asked (more like begged) for me not to because he had already been given a warning for using a cell phone whilst driving and he didn?t think he could afford the fine.
Fuck, see if I care about your personal life. If he had money to buy a new cell phone he should bloody well be prepared for other expenses, like running into the back of me!
Anyway, the cops were there in a couple of minutes because I wasn't the only one to report this. So they took him to one side and took me to one side and got both the stories out of us. (Apparently the little shit tried to say I jammed on the brakes and he didn?t have enough time to stop but he was proven wrong by a witness saying that he was more concerned with texting that driving. Hehe, then his folks turned up and got did he get a going over, including a couple of slaps around the head and you know what, the cops didn?t even bat an eyelid!
So in the end, he had to get his car towed away because of a leaking radiator, he got a $1200 fine for no rego, warrant and dangerous driving. And I got his folks insurance details, with a neat side note by the dad saying that if this ever happens again, I have all right to kick his arse! My kind of dad! And I still don't and never will have a problem with the police. The CHCH ones seem to be really good buggers, even saying that I should not have smashed the phone but maybe it might teach him something plus I got praise for doing the right thing at the intersection. Apparently it could have turned out worse.
Thank goodness I wasn?t on my bike.
Interesting post on the KiwiBiker website today from one of the correspondents in Christchurch NZ. There is justice in the world!!!
Cheers
Geoff
Had an interesting experience today that I thought I might share with you.
I was on my way to work this morning when I kept noticing a black Mitsishity Galant behind me that didn?t seem to like staying in its lane and kept speeding up and slowing down, coming quite close to my rear bumper. (I was in a work car). I did notice though that the "perp" in question was about 16 and texting away happily on his cell phone while driving. I wasn't too surprised though but hoped that he wouldn?t hit me because I didn?t really feel like it this morning with NO sleep last night at all.
Anyway, at next set of lights, the prick was too engrossed in telling his cell phone that he loved it, that he went strait into the arse end of me! Luckily I saw this coming and was prepared by stopping a few feet back from the intersection so I wasn?t shoved into oncoming traffic. (Right, now I was pissed!).
So we both got out of the cars, him cell phone in hand still bloody texting (Probably saying, "Hey maaaan, just had like a crash and stuff"), so without hesitation, I just slapped the phone to the ground and stomped on it. I wasn?t anywhere near the mood of being polite! But I did manage to get the guys attention and inform him neatly of his parentage, his sexual connotations, his smell and many other insults I could think of. The bugger didn?t even answer back, I think he was still stunned by the fact I had just smashed his new cell phone (Some Vodafone 3G thingie). But as soon as I mentioned I was calling the cops he burst into tears and asked (more like begged) for me not to because he had already been given a warning for using a cell phone whilst driving and he didn?t think he could afford the fine.
Fuck, see if I care about your personal life. If he had money to buy a new cell phone he should bloody well be prepared for other expenses, like running into the back of me!
Anyway, the cops were there in a couple of minutes because I wasn't the only one to report this. So they took him to one side and took me to one side and got both the stories out of us. (Apparently the little shit tried to say I jammed on the brakes and he didn?t have enough time to stop but he was proven wrong by a witness saying that he was more concerned with texting that driving. Hehe, then his folks turned up and got did he get a going over, including a couple of slaps around the head and you know what, the cops didn?t even bat an eyelid!
So in the end, he had to get his car towed away because of a leaking radiator, he got a $1200 fine for no rego, warrant and dangerous driving. And I got his folks insurance details, with a neat side note by the dad saying that if this ever happens again, I have all right to kick his arse! My kind of dad! And I still don't and never will have a problem with the police. The CHCH ones seem to be really good buggers, even saying that I should not have smashed the phone but maybe it might teach him something plus I got praise for doing the right thing at the intersection. Apparently it could have turned out worse.
Thank goodness I wasn?t on my bike.
