Thu, 06 Feb 1997
Taxi driver mayhem // at 12:00
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Taxi driver swears, swerves and tries to hit me
Commuting to work along Dandenong Rd, I had just reached a section
where the road widens from 3 to 5 lanes — the intersection with
Warrigal road — with the addition of two left-turn lanes. I was
moving into the rightmost of these (since it was also allowed to go
straight ahead) when a Taxi (Vic. rego. M1856) blasted on the horn,
and as the driver went past on my left, swerved at me and swung his
fist out the window to try and punch me. The taxi, complete with two
passengers, then turned left down Warrigal road. The whole time the
driver was yelling and swearing out the window, but due to his accent
or language I couldn't tell what he was saying.
At the next major intersection (Huntingdale Rd), the now empty taxi was in the right-most of three lanes, and after the lights changed, he saw me and swerved from the right to the centre lane, then was about to change into the left lane (where I was) when a truck came between us. He sped off.
At the next major intersection (Clayton Rd), I left Dandenong Rd to ride along the access road past the shops. The taxi was stopped at the side of the road, and as I rode past, the driver looked up, saw me, and threw a lit cigarette at me.
