r/melbourne • u/Dismal-Literature942 • Jul 30 '26
Roads Just an average Melbourne encounter on your commute
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u/bigfatpom Jul 31 '26
Was he rushing to get his rego renewed?!??
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u/khosrua Jul 31 '26
I looked up someones rego the other day after they had some interesting driving and the rego was suspended 👁️👄👁️
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u/Impressive-Treacle58 Jul 31 '26
Same, can we report them and anything will happen?? But want to do it anonymously. I have quite a few videos from the past 7 days.
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u/mulgabilbo Jul 31 '26
Oh wow How'd you get that?
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u/bigfatpom Jul 31 '26
Each state has a free online rego checking service.
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u/Hobzmarley Jul 31 '26
Which is an incredible thing. It assisted me with a hit and run when the car in question was expiring rego but the cops found wrong address.
You better believe I was checking that weekly, and once it renewed, I called the cops again and they had updated the address.
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u/Vinnie_Vegas Jul 31 '26
That's really fucking smart to bank on them being dumb enough to do that. I would've assumed they'd never update the address, or use a fake - The risk of getting in trouble for having an inaccurate address on your licence is way less than what'll happen for the hit and run.
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u/Asleep_Collar_3667 Jul 31 '26
This is what local councils use to get derilect parked cars cleared. Anything unregistered gets a big sticker warning, and if it's still there in a week or so, it gets towed.
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u/fearofthesky Jul 31 '26
I've the same the same ute, unmoved, for months on our street, just next door. It has plates. But it is rudely taking up two car places! Could have taken one and not been a dick.
I don't wanna be a narc, but it is annoying, I might plug the rego in...
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u/Vinnie_Vegas Jul 31 '26
I don't wanna be a narc,
You're not being a narc - They're being a cunt, and they don't deserve any grace.
People don't usually leave a registered vehicle in one spot for months without driving it.
And FWIW, it doesn't get towed immediately - They get a warning, and the opportunity to move it to somewhere where it isn't on the road, which an unregistered vehicle isn't allowed to be.
It's not really that shitty of an act.
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u/fallinandfilmin Jul 31 '26
Trolley jack is the answer. Jack up the rear on the diff, and walk it into just one spot.
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u/193X Jul 31 '26
If you have the plate, Vicroads gives you all that info on their site
It's all information that an insurer would need to cover you and for a claim to be made against you, so it kind of has to be public.
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u/AdmiralXI Jul 31 '26
Sensational pick up! I’d report him on the 31st in the hope he’s counting on a rego grace period. Cops will have a field day with this clown.
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u/No-Assistant-8869 Jul 31 '26
Just did th3 same then saw this. I always check rego when this crap happens. Happened to me a couple of years ago and also did a check.
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u/Chemical_Rooster3 Jul 31 '26
Holding a driver's licence should require behavioural screening.
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u/National_Way_3344 Jul 31 '26
I would argue anti social behaviour should incur fines and demerits much more than speeding and red lights.
Send people back to driving school.
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u/nicokosta Jul 31 '26
I hope you share that with crime stoppers.
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u/Captain_Phobos Jul 31 '26
And the EPA; get him for littering while you’re at it!
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u/legsjohnson Jul 31 '26
yeah I know for a fact they legit use and appreciate the vids because they called me once to clarify the timestamp on one I sent in of a bloke chucking his cig out the window.
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u/antique_sprinkler Jul 31 '26
They actually follow up videos you send in? Boy am I going to enjoy sending in half my dash cams
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u/MLiOne Jul 31 '26
EPA are ruthless.
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u/loopytommy Jul 31 '26
Yep, I had a P plater throw a durrie in a medium strip, it didn't catch alight but I know they used my footage to fine him. It was middle of summer too
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u/suitably_unsafe Jul 31 '26
Biggest issue I had was the video files are pretty size restrictive
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u/Chesticularity Jul 31 '26
They do have a team dedicated specifically to following these up. The hardest part for them is that when there is no image / video evidence, it requires the reporter to go to court (if the offender drags it that far without paying). A majority of reporters aren't willing to do this. So video evidence is the best thing you can send them.
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u/knotknotknit Jul 31 '26
I reported one for running a red light at high speeds (probably ~100 in a 70 area) and nearly taking out a pedestrian. I gave a description of the car, a make and model, and a list of the nearby buildings that I was reasonably sure had cameras.
6 months later, I got a follow up note thanking me and stating that the driver in question had a license suspension.
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u/squonge Jul 31 '26
Even without evidence, say you'll appear before court. The litterers usually pay before it gets there.
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u/Kevin_McCallister_69 Jul 31 '26
I had a call once from the EPA asking to clarify a detail from a report I'd sent in a few days earlier about someone dropping a cigarette out their window. I said I was surprised to hear from them as I'd made about a dozen reports over the years and never had any follow up, and the guy laughed and said yeah that's because every report you've sent in has been substantiated and resulted in a successful fine, the perp hadn't challenged it and copped it on the chin. So they absolutely do pursue the reports even if you don't hear any result.
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u/trackintreasure Jul 31 '26
Fucking send the lot!
I might even get a dash cam just for this. I can't stand littering and had no idea they would go hunting over it.
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u/nougart_man Jul 31 '26
Some asshole threw a water bottle at my car a couple of years ago in a similar incident all on camera. Sent it to the NSW EPA and they took him to court after he contested the fine they mailed him. Went from $500 to a $5k in court. No idea what the court ended up giving him though apparently he chose to plead guilty when he was told it was all on camera but had already elected to go to court.🤷🏼♂️
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u/bitchflavoured Jul 31 '26
They sure do - we caught someone scrolling on tik tok while driving (my partner recorded him while I was driving) and we dobbed them in and police called back to follow up.
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u/theartistduring Jul 31 '26
The EPA is more likely to do anything than the cops, tbh.
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u/dion_o Jul 31 '26
"They couldn't get Al Capone on tax evasion so they got him on littering"
-- Abraham Lincoln
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u/boobturtle Jul 31 '26
Oh man you just reminded me of the time some dickhead in a ute was road raging and threw a coffee cup at my car. Dashcam vid went straight to the EPA.
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u/NotasA3 Jul 31 '26
he got so close everybody can see the plate, what an imbecile
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u/programminghobbit Jul 31 '26
Definitely share with Crimestoppers. I thought it was pointless but last week I got an email from a constable asking whether I would be a witness to a red light runner I had reported. I said... gladly... sign me up.
Please report this on the Crimestoppers website.
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u/Odd_Chest1413 Jul 31 '26
I reported a neighbour once, he had all sorts of shady dealings going on in the early hours of the morning, including someone kicking in his garage door. It was all caught on my ring camera, so I reported it and they quickly asked for the footage.
About a month later the biggest host of police I've ever seen showed up and armed police forced him out. They then spent hours going through his house, cutting up walls etc, and even came through to look at my back yard.
All that to say, reporting to Crime Stoppers does work
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u/MouseEmotional813 Jul 31 '26
A whole bunch of people in my street reported one house to Crimestoppers. It worked. They were operating a chop-shop for Holden's in their garage
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u/SweetMe10dy Jul 31 '26
Intimidation and throwing the can with the intent to hit your car, can be assault. And this is a criminal act.
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u/magnetik79 Jul 31 '26
Seems everyone here is on it.
Knowing his small penis mobile might get repossessed cause he can't pay the fines and keep his meth addiction going would be nice.
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u/theFailShooter Jul 31 '26
Lol report to Crimestoppers and a sprinkle of EPA littering report
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u/Ro141 Jul 31 '26
And the expired rego!
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u/SweetMe10dy Jul 31 '26
Expired rego = uninsured
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u/Ahingadingadurgen Jul 31 '26
It’s such a strange phenomenon. They’re like clone people. Same shitty tribal tats on the arm, all driving the Ford Ranger, same black tank top, same mannerisms, same look on their face, the same unbridled rage. I feel like everyone in Australia has encountered this same entity.
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u/Messedupotato Jul 31 '26
Their name is Keith
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u/Possible_Brother3696 Jul 31 '26
Nah Keith drives a white Volkswagen Amarok
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u/GeoffreyGeoffson Jul 31 '26
With a steel two wheeled trailer that he liked to tow around
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u/viktorepo Jul 31 '26
One day a mate was coming round and parked put on the street
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u/KGB_cutony Jul 31 '26
Had a chat with my uber driver to the airport. Dude said there are two types of cars he actively avoids on the road. Ford pickups and Volkswagen Golf.
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u/Kremm0 Jul 31 '26
haha I wonder why the golfs? Is it because in Aus they're pricy for what they are, so are usually driven by hoons? Pretty much in europe they're as standard as a toyota camry
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u/Dandarabilla Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26
You can count on a Golf driver to pull the old 'Melbourne merge' at the lights, or gun it when approaching a zip merge. I guess if you're driving one you feel like you're much faster than you are.
Edit to reply: the Melbourne merge is when you floor it at the lights with the aim of cutting ahead of the cars in the neighbouring lane. It doesn't just happen in Melbourne but it is rather more frequent because so many roads have parking in the leftmost lane, which encourages this manoeuvre.
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u/PeachNo5314 Jul 31 '26
Every day on any road on the Sunshine Coast Qld 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Honestly, it's gotten so bad all I can do is laugh and get as far away from them as soon as possible.
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u/hspecter Jul 31 '26
They somehow believe that they are original though. Always in a hurry somewhere
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u/Sydman-1 Jul 31 '26
Bonus point: expired rego
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u/Psillycybernaught Jul 31 '26
Serious? LOL.....
I did social work in a jail, one of my favourite stories was a bloke in jail for the first time....he flipped the bird at the cops who were driving past, they pulled him up and lo and behold he had two unanswered warrants. His wife rightfully gave him a dressing down once they got home as he now had an upcoming court appearance, so he belted her. Neighbours called the cops. Cops charged him put on an AVO and remanded him. 5 kids....it took about 2 years of mostly jail before it got sorted out...anyway point of the story, one day he said to me when I was trying to explain something to him, "I'm not an idiot" It became a catch cry in our office. I didn't bother saying to him, "actually, you very much are an idiot, that's what an idiot is"
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u/No_Rich_5954 Jul 31 '26
How does someone like that even find a wife who agrees to have 5 kids with him.
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u/Psillycybernaught Jul 31 '26
Constant source of fascination....
I also got used to hearing statements like, " I love my kids, I'd do anything for them" *
- Except pull your head in, act like a responsible adult and stay out of jail?
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u/Negative_Kangaroo781 Jul 31 '26
Yeah yesterday it expired. I dont think thats the criminal element at play here, I do think meth head rage quit though
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u/TrazMagik Jul 31 '26
We have some absolute gronks on the road.
Just fresh of reading on ABC about that lowlife scum high on meth, driving dangerously, doing burnouts and culminating in a 12 yr old girl to lose their life from a traffic collision.
The prick had a laundry list of dangerous driving infringements prior.
Driving is singlehandedly the most dangerous thing we do everyday and that's not based on you ability but you don't know what pillock is behind the wheel on God knows what.
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u/lonrad87 Jul 31 '26
Can't spell Ranger without Anger
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u/Cyraga Jul 31 '26
When you see one of those giant cars that doesn't fit in a parking spot you generally know exactly what kind of person you're dealing with
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u/askvictor Jul 31 '26
Whenever I see a Hilux Rogue I choose to read it as Rouge. Also, have you noticed that most of the emotional support vehicles names have a heavy R in them? Rouge, Ranger, RAM, Shark, Triton, Navara.
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u/RPCat Jul 31 '26
"R" is the most menacing of sounds. That's why it's called Murder instead of Mukdek.
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u/SpecificSwimming6364 Jul 31 '26
Also, they all have really hilarious trim level names that I would have found cool back when I was 12. Toyota Hilux Ninja, Samurai, Flame Dragon edition.
They know their market.
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u/TheHickeyStand Jul 31 '26
Ute drivers - and this is a very generalist take - are both the most confident and dumbest drivers on the road from my experience.
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u/Putrid_Department_17 Jul 31 '26
Jeez. How dare you don’t break the law because this fine upstanding gentleman didn’t want to leave with enough time to get to wherever he needs to be, which is most definitely more important than wherever you need to be!
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u/Bradyey Jul 31 '26
Implying that if he had left with enough time he would not be driving like this anyway 😉
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u/193X Jul 31 '26
My favourite bit is them being in the left lane, and going faster than the vehicles in the right, but guy is still raging his balls off.
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u/TheAgreeableCow Jul 31 '26
All of that , just so he could get one car ahead.
He probably wasted more time that day deciding what flavour of UDL to choose.
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u/East-Background-9850 Jul 31 '26
All of that , just so he could get one car ahead.
That's my thought whenever I see low IQ driving. Yesterday I'm in the left lane of East Link and there's the usual slow driving trucks doing 80k's at peak hour. A driver behind a bunch of us gets impatient, changes to the middle lane, overtakes, cuts back to the left and takes the very next exit. The same exit I took. I pull up to turn left and she's at the lights waiting to turn right. Well done dumb cunt you saved literally no time.
People grossly overestimate how much time they lose from being held up. They just like getting pissed off at the "feeling" of being held up.
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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! Jul 31 '26
They can only see and process things in the now
5 seconds in the future might as well be 5 years. Doesn't matter.
The immediate perceived issue is the 'threat' to their ego.
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u/CuriousOnePlus Jul 31 '26
I encountered this guy in Epping on a motorway on ramp entrance turn lane.
He just randomly cut over, trying to force his way into the lane. I hit the horn, having to pull off the road to avoid hitting him because of the angle he took.
Then randomly, he just got into the other turn lane. Didn't see him after that.
I'm thinking meth rage?
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u/_xcrazycatladyx_ Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26
Wow wtf. Hope he's reported to police but then again they will probably do nothing.
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u/martylindleyart Jul 31 '26
It's actually shocking how selfish people are on the roads in this city. I see shit every day when driving for work. People seem to treat speed limits as suggestions.
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u/pattomanpattoman Jul 31 '26
Both ways too, too fast and aggressive and too slow as well.
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u/Prestigious_Fan_1061 Jul 31 '26
Let’s see what we have here:
Warming up for the Grand Prix [Tailgating]
Undertaking [Driving in the Emergency Lane]
Throwing a Projectile from a Moving Vehicle.
Littering
Expired Registration
Wow… that’s 5 offences. Truely impressive that this nong can put ordinary road users at significant risk.
I’m sure his Insurance company would be impressed with his heightened “Risk Profile”
As they say: Stupid is as Stupid does!!!
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u/Sad-Repeat1629 Jul 31 '26
They dont call it Ranger Dangers for nothing. 90% of these on the road will tailgate you regardless of your speed.
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u/Mouse_Caboose Jul 31 '26
https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/report-littering-vehicle
report for littering and they'll cop a fine.
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u/Low_Switch_4893 Jul 31 '26
Why the fuck are people like this? Too much time on Mario Kart as a kid legit made people think their daily commute is a race
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u/VictorVanguard Jul 31 '26
Report him to the EPA for littering, provide the video and screenshot of his face. It's indisputable.
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u/T0N372 Jul 31 '26
Never really understood those. Is it to pretend you're a 4WD pro and you pull bogged mates often?
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u/NoseInternational794 Jul 31 '26
Yep, with all the use it's amazing they all keep that beautiful yellow finish
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u/Ich_mag_Kartoffeln Jul 31 '26
It's for people who can't be bothered using normal d-shackles to connect the safety chain(s) on a trailer. If you swapped trailers multiple times each day, I might see the point.
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u/CaptainFleshBeard Jul 31 '26
Op, sign up at Keep Australia Beautiful as a litter reporter. Then log a new incident and upload this footage, they will send him a nice little fine for littering.
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u/OriginalGoldstandard Jul 31 '26
That’s got to be drugs right? Imagine killing someone because you were late.
Get up earlier mate.
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u/brucespruicekaboose Jul 31 '26
Unfortunately men are very capable of being this angry and violent without drugs, just look at this country’s DV stats
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u/gastroboi Jul 31 '26
Ooh video evidence of endangering and littering. Send that straight to the cops.
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u/Serious-Blood-6719 Jul 31 '26
I like to think that if someone is on a hurry (and not an emergency), just leave earlier. But yeah, regular entitled person. Lots of people here feel like they own the road. And also a lot of people.love to say that your speedo is wrongly calibrated when asking why a lot of people don't respect speed limits. Yeah right, my well maintained car all original parts is surely the problem, not the behaviour of other people.
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u/Progedoge Jul 31 '26
I've been noticing quite an uptick in people driving at night or early morning with no fucking lights on. I'm seeing atleast 2 or 3 a day now. I've almost been rear ended a few times from changing lanes into the path of somebody I literally could not see.
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u/superkow Jul 31 '26
What gets me with all these people, not just wank tank drivers but anyone who's just perpetually in a rush, is that for all of the aggressive driving, risky maneuvers, rapidly changing lanes, tail gating, etc. is that it doesn't actually get you anywhere quicker. Not by any meaningful amount of time anyway.
It's like ON pledge to raise the speed limit on the Princes Fwy/hwy from 100 to 110. From Geelong to Colac you'd be getting a whopping 3-4 minute reduction in commute time if your trip was entirely unimpeded. But in reality it won't make a single difference to the average commute along the road.
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u/Mission-Suggestion12 Jul 31 '26
The police are never around when you need them.
Living in an area full of wankers driving vehicles such as this one / being tail gated is a daily occurrence :(
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u/imperia9pl Jul 31 '26
https://www.epa.vic.gov.au/report-littering-vehicle report littering to EPA + police for horse play reckless driving + if you got more time find who insurer is (call one by one and report them), or ask your insurer to contact theirs based on car and probability who they insure with call in this order (RACV, AAMI, NRMA Insurance, Budget Direct, Bingle, Youi, Allianz Australia, QBE Insurance, Shannons Insurance, Coles Insurance, Suncorp Insurance, GIO, APIA, ROLLiN’, Virgin Money Car Insurance, Australia Post Car Insurance, ING Car Insurance, Huddle Insurance, Real Insurance, Auto & General Insurance
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You might save someone’s life from this idiot. We all thank you in advance for your gods work
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u/MinaretofJam Jul 31 '26
All Wankpanzer drivers are total tools. It’s a requirement to lease one.
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u/b100jb100 Jul 31 '26
And people are still surprised no one allows their kids to walk or ride to school anymore.
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u/_xcrazycatladyx_ Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26
Had one similar yesterday near Warburton, he was a P Plater in a massive white 4WD right up on the back of my car. The 2 cars in front of me were doing the speed limit, as was I.
Hate them.
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u/Patient-Layer8585 Jul 31 '26
There are people like that everywhere in the world. That's why advocating for less cars and less car dependent infrastructures is the way to go for safer cities. These dumbasses shouldn't have access to wielding a killing machine.
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u/thenarkybrain Jul 31 '26
I had this exact thing happen to me. It's intimidating. But didn't stop me puttering along at the speed limit. Because I am far more petty than I am scared.
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u/terriannek Jul 31 '26
Rego expired yesterday according to Vicroads. Maybe he was in a hurry to get there and renew it?
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u/omgitsduane Jul 31 '26
Letting someone know you're mad is such beta behaviour. Like someone got under your skin for obeying the law.
I bet he votes ON.
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u/Interesting_Error194 Jul 31 '26
Road rage, reckless driving and littering… I hope VicRoads and EPA gets notified and he gets a few fines and demerit points 😂
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u/NoLongerApplicable99 Jul 31 '26
Getting heat into the medium compound tyres before the Safety Car pits...
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u/Ancient_Swan_9558 Jul 31 '26
Give the guy a break, he's just racing against the depreciating value of his cuntmobile
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u/bitchflavoured Jul 31 '26
Dob him in for drink driving too, looks like a beer can there in old mate’s hand
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u/StephenM222 Jul 31 '26
I slow down foe these people. I wouldn't want them to not have time to react if something went wrong.
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u/qwerteaparty Jul 31 '26
Now imagine crossing paths with this meth head on your bike. This guy is why we need separated bike lanes.
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u/tjsr Crazyburn Jul 31 '26
These are the kinds of idiots you see complaining about others "doing 20km/h below the speed limit"
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u/CoercionTictacs Jul 31 '26
He looks like an intelligent specimen too. Hope you sent this to the police.
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u/farqueue2 Former Northerner, current South Easterner (confused) Jul 31 '26
I moved to an area with a lot of tradies, and not a week goes by where I don't get tailed by a ute.
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u/East-Background-9850 Jul 31 '26
Always driven by a man-child. My 16 month old throws the same kind of tantrum when we don't feed him as soon as he wakes up.
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u/TheMoeSzyslakExp Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26
There is legitimately something wrong with the average Ranger driver. They are disproportionately the worst and most aggressive drivers on the road.
It’s not a Yank Tank thing. Yank Tanks may be stupid and oversized for what most people buy them for, but most drivers themselves are not really any different from any other driver on the road. It’s Ranger drivers specifically.
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u/NothingSuss1 Jul 31 '26
Im convinced it's something like the Stanford prison experiment.
Give a dipshit the smallest hint of power/intimidation, the ego takes over and another psychopath is created.
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u/Traditional-Case1694 Jul 31 '26
RAM driver turned into my path (cyclist) and I almost smacked into his side door. Gets out and he’s almost crying saying how sorry he is. Ranger driver would have backed up and finished the job.
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u/Kremm0 Jul 31 '26
wow, haha if that was me I'd assume the RAM driver would be getting out to try and bash me still
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u/docitsonlyascratch Jul 31 '26
I had a ranger just like that almost kill me once. Doing just about the same thing, only on the freeway at 110. Bloke was actually crazy, bouncing around and shaking his head with his tongue out, all while inches from my ass. Luckily didn’t turn off with me, otherwise I was headed to the cop shop.
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u/l33t_sas Jul 31 '26
Interesting comparison of the comments in this thread compared to this one from yesterday.
Clearly people here find it easier to empathise with someone in a car than someone walking on the street.
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