Had a ride to Warrnambool this afternoon to get an item from Bunnings. First set of lights west after leaving Bunnings is outside of the major shopping centre.. yellow light as I approached, I braked and stopped.
3 seconds later I hear the horrifying howl of offroad tyres from a 4WD directly behind me, I dropped the clutch, lurched past the 2 cars in the right turning lanes and stopped on the pedestrian walkway.
The 4WD maggot howled through to the middle of the intersection right in front of the traffic from the shopping centre which had already started to move.
Quick reaction from one of those drivers prevented him from slamming into the drivers door of the 4WD. When the (Teen F-WIT?) driver in the FWD exited his vehicle, he still had his bloody mobile in his hand.. about 30 metres of skid marks from his off road tyres attests to the speed this idiot was traveling. He missed my back wheel by less than a foot. The traffic was at a standstill, because the clown was blocking both lanes where he finally stopped sideways about 3/4 way through the intersection. Unmarked Police car was 4 cars back in the far left lane, and witnessed the whole incident.
They estimated his speed at around 85 KPH in a 70 zone.
I doctored the below image from Google streetview to better explain how close I was to wearing a high speed bull bar from the rear.
Change of underwear when I got home
