Road Rage: Biker stops my car and punches the window infront of a cop

Nowadays it has become a sort of a fashion for 2 wheeler and 3 wheeler goondas to pick on private car drivers for no apparent rhyme or reason.

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Road rage in Bangalore seems to be escalating. A friend recently asked for dashcam recommendations after some bikers tried to vandalise his car. I had a similar experience today. A biker jumped in front of my car without looking into his mirrors (there weren't any). See the video and let me know if it was my mistake. He started punching window of my car right in front of a traffic cop. Shockingly, the cop didn’t take any action and instead accused me of rash driving. When I asked for proof, he just told me to "talk to the biker directly."

Here's what BHPian TaahirH had to say in this matter:

Not your mistake at all. Please upload this video on twitter and tag the Bangalore police handle. They will take appropriate action on both the motorist as well as this cop.

Meanwhile here's what BHPian Sridhar C E had to add:

Nowadays it has become a sort of a fashion for 2 wheeler and 3 wheeler goondas to pick on private car drivers for no apparent rhyme or reason. They perceive a slight real or imaginary and pick up a fight knowing well that the poor motorist will not risk a fight. More so if you can't speak Kannada. Even the traffic cops won't help.

This is very evident from the lack of action taken by BTP on the rampant violations that are occurring under their noses every day at every road. Traffic cops have become photographers today and the department just collects fines where they can show a photo for proof. They rarely assist a motorist who is harassed.

Here's BHPian SS-Traveller's thoughts on the matter:

Interesting situation that took me a few viewings in slow motion to figure out, and some language translation. The scooter rider was stopped in the middle of the road, and decided to move off to his left without checking behind, at exactly the same moment that you were passing by him - which obviously surprised & startled him, and he wanted to heal his bruised ego.

As to the behaviour of the cop, he doesn't want to deal with a car-bike confrontation, and vented his irritation at you because you are the bigger vehicle.

In addition, this could also be a case of hatred arising out of language rivalry.

I posted this video on X.com yesterday, tagging the ADGP Traffic & Road Safety, Karnataka.

How do we avoid a similar situation in the future? By leaving sufficient lateral crash avoidance space when passing other (especially stationary) vehicles - at least one door width or 1.5 metres - along with a short toot of the horn to alert the distracted rider/driver.

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