Re: Road Rage - Understanding, Avoidance and De-escalating Situation Quote:
Originally Posted by toroid I received a call in the morning from Traffic Inspector Mohammad Siraj, requesting me to visit the Madiwala Police Station at 11 AM. I was initially hesitant but decided to go, figuring it was worth a couple of hours to hold the biker accountable. At 11, Constable Shabeer called to inform me that the biker was running late and that he'd let me know when to come, so I wouldn't waste time.
I finally arrived at 12:30. The biker tried to confront me outside the station, still arrogant, saying, "Nothing is going to happen. You're just wasting your time. The most they'll do is fine me ₹500. Police won't listen to an outsider." I chose not to engage with him.
Inside the station, Officer Vinay began by asking both of us what happened. The biker claimed he was just standing on the road when my car, which he alleged was speeding at over 60 km/h, nearly missed hitting him by a few centimeters. The officer gave him a stern lecture about assulting my car, stating that even if there had been a collision, the proper course of action would have been to file an official complaint.
Officer Vinay explained that they could only address the traffic violations and suggested that if I wanted to take further action, they could help me file an FIR with the civil police. I decided not to stretch the matter and keep it limited to traffic violations. I submitted a written complaint, requesting the biker be fined for the following offenses: - RECKLESS/DANGEROUS DRIVING TWO WHEELER
- Two wheeler without rearview mirror
- Wearing a half helmet
- ZIG ZAG DRIVING
- OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC
- STOPING ON The Intersection
They assured me that the biker would be penalized for all these violations. As I was leaving, Officer Vinay commended me for taking the time to address the issue, noting that someone has to teach people like the biker a lesson. I hope he avoids such behaviuor in the future. |
Great job! @toroid and @SS-Traveller
I only wish the constable in duty during the time of the incident should have been included in this meeting and given a similar/strong lecture on how to handle such cases.
I faced a similar incident during my last trip to Pondy in 2022. I wish I was a member in team-bhp back then to share the video and incident but now it's long gone.
So the incident goes like this,
A senior citizen couple on an activa stops my car at a junction and the man then hurries towards the car banging the windshield and door. I was with my wife and kid(was asleep at that time). As I slide down my window he was ready to punch but stopped and abused left and right in local language.
We were shocked as to what's happening and tried to explain the man we didn't do anything wrong and even ready to show the recordings but he was in no mood to listen but abused and left.
We had to park the car aside to understand what happened and went through the Dashcam footage from front and back cameras for past half hour of the incident.
What we found was,
1. We overtook their activa through middle line when they were parallel to another car with about 40-50kmph within the city limits with not so wide lanes.
2. I didn't honk(I mostly avoid) but the elderly man was expecting it - I understood this from his shouting.
3. We didn't find any visible reaction from them as we overtook their bike from rear cam footage.
At the end, they scolded as they felt we were rash driving.
Our realisations,
We became culprits to their annoyance and mood at that time.
Installing dash cam is a MUST! And my wife was happy for the 15k well spent on the camera!( She was not into driving and felt I was overspending on a simple camera)
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