She tried to get into the car, do you think that was to give her a hug? The driving off was bonkers but you cant really claim she wasnt trying to attack the driver
According to news reporting yes, she did. You realize this short video that doesn't cover their whole interaction... doesn't cover their whole interaction, right
You can't just go around potentially killing people just because they are annoying.
In general people don't consider it to be a potential homicide when the supposed victim, through their own choices and autonomy, knowingly put themselves in such a situation.
Ok, and it that situation it's wrong bc thats usually in reference to women just living their lives. This woman jumped onto a moving vehicle while threatening the driver, like what the fuck else was going to happen. Its fucked up to conflate the two situations
im sorry, but this comment is crazy. you cant just go around and threaten people, then jump onto their hoods and expect them to not defend themselves in any way necessary.
pushing the gas is the least she shouldve done.
Cool, I guess it's safer to let someone who clearly wants a confrontation with you to stand 4 feet from you while you're seated... and just hope they don't have a weapon? Apparently, she had already tried opening the car door btw
Tried opening the door then walked away only to come back and block the driver. It’s reasonable to think she might have gone to get something to hit the windows with.
I mean i find myself on the verge, like on one hand the driver its...nuts, but at them same time if you told me i had to threw myself at someone's hood to stop them and even taunt them. Seems like an stupid idea.
Both were playing who would chicken out first, and if you ask me while the driver its nuts, the one who's life its the only one at risk should have never done somethiong so stupid.
At one point you are on wrong because you are doing something dangerous to yourself, as illegal as you clearly can to detain someone just like that, specially by throwing yourself at their hoods.
Can the driver argue they fear she ttried to get inside the car? Like in my country people have tried to threw themselves at cars starting with open windows at least once, or stop them throwing egg at the windshield, so they stop and mug them an kill them.
I just think one is pretty stupid, and the other insane, and i dont know which one is more on the wrong here.
Yes, normally someone wouldn't balance material losses like a car with body parts of another person or their life, when you could just simply call the police and get the money for repairs from the person in question
Well, it's easy, when she tries to open the door, you accelerate, when she gets in front, you stop, when she comes to the door again, you keep going on, if she gets on top of the front, you pull back fast so she falls. Yes, it's more complex, but you won't end with the possibility of killing someone, and you'll still annoy the fuck out of her
Don’t jump on the hood if you can’t face the consequences, she drove slowly at first plenty of time to get off. Is it wrong yes did she have it coming as a consequence of her own actions certainly
Try jumping off a moving car backwards even if it's driving slowly. It's not really an option. You would likely end up under the wheels. The driver should have stopped to give her a chance to get off and drive away after that.
one is innocent and one threw their own body onto a moving vehicle after threats to then claim the status of victimhood.
you cant just disregard every rule of civilized conduct and then claim the same rules should protect you.
she ABSOLUTELY put herself into harms way when she chose to latch onto the hood of a vehicle for no discernable reason except her being batshit insane.
The lady on the hood started the whole thing. Crazy was mad at the driver because driver honked at crazy when crazy was going the wrong way on a one way road. So crazy decided to get out of her car, went over to driver who was waiting in a drive thru, and proceeded to try opening her car door. When crazy couldn’t open the door, she instead started to bang on the windows before attempting to break the cars antenna. Crazy then walks away only to come back when driver is leaving the drive thru and then this video clip happens. Is driver still absolutely the bigger asshole when you have more of the story?
Yeah it's pretty hard to sympathize with the crazy lady on the hood. A temporary driving ban was probably in order, but if I was the judge I'd have harsher words for the victim than the driver here.
Like it or not, the judge found her escalation illegal and inappropriate. She should have ended things before she was risking hood lady's life, which she could have reliably done by hitting the break when she was going fast enough. Instead she kept accelerating, creating a situation where hood lady couldn't get off the hood. The sentence was as lenient as it was because hood lady clearly started it and was unhinged and potentially dangerous. But the law still calls on victims not to escalate beyond what they have to.
They'd like say this was a situation meant for police and if she had felt threatened she should have kept the windows up and called the police. And that once she was on the main road taunting the woman on the hood and not slowing down probably pushed it from trying to remove yourself from the situation to risking someone's life. Imagine she fell off and a driver behind her didn't have time to react, and ran her over? That other person would be traumatized for life and likely under investigation themselves. It's not as simple as haha dumb bitch got what she deserved, like we all think. Which is why we are not the judges here lol
I think it's a proper solution. I don't think the driver should be imprisoned but "dangerous operation of a vehicle" works pretty well when she has a yapper on her car and she goes on the highway. Very vindictive intent. Easily could've killed her and it's on video.
I have seen too many zombie movies, crazy people are worse than zombies, once you stop they might try to attempt murder you.I don't know if I would stop in this situation.
To be fair, I don't blame them. But you are in a secure car. I would be immediately taking pictures and calling the cops from the inside and if/when she starts getting physically aggressive and striking at the car; that's where this gets more sensible.
All she did was lay on her hood and yap. I don't think potentially dropping her underneath her wheels going onto a highway is the correct response 😭.
The driver may be disabled or vulnerable or have vulnerable passengers (like kids). And you can break into cars, it's actually pretty easy. Typically using any make shift weapon with enough durability and weight. And that weapon will do more damage to the squishy bag of meat behind the wheel.
My point being you should never let anyone hold you captive in a vehicle or stop your vehicle if they lose a threat, you're not as safe as you seem..
But you do have a giant slab of metal you can use to make them move without killing them, or severely harming them. If the driver in the video has hit her brakes before leaving the car park, thrown her off then driven off I'm sure she'd have gotten off much easier. The woman did climb on her vehicle, she is responsible for her own safety as well.
She doesn't have a weapon though and is currently non-violent. And using your car as one is valid in the right situations, but still a bit much here. I was thinking a brake check would've worked good too and would showcase an attempt to deescalate to escape. But that's why I originally said the six months of losing your license is a proper solution. It's ultimately just a slap on the wrist as a non-permanent thing.
This is a really stupid assumption to ever make in the moment. You never know if someone has a knife in their pocket or even a gun. Hell, there might be a decent rock or brick that they could pick up and immediately destroy your window with.
I know in America they escalate things to extreme violence really quickly but a lot of places it doesn't get that far so quickly lol
The US sure this would probably result in someone whipping out a gun or a weapon. That type of extreme violence escalation so quickly isn't as common in Australia over road rage.
Is blocking cars and climbing in the hood common in Australia? Or do we maybe think this situation is abnormal and therefore extremely unpredictable? "She didn't have a weapon" like ok great you know that now well after the fact, but why should the driver assume the attacker is completely harmless?
Apparently in the full video in the article, which has been posted several times by this point, the yapper started off hitting the driver's windows and broke the car's antenna off.
Come on the driver's life wasn't in danger, and she can keep the door locked. This is like when cop justify shooting someone holding a rock and their defence is that they feared an attack.
I feel like you can tell the Americans from the rest in this thread by who thinks this is some moment for escalation or assumption the woman is packing a weapon.
In Australia, this is probably as crazy as road rage really gets. In the US people have guns and some weird idea that every single person can be a threat you have to take out, in Australia it's more some crazy bird on another crazy birds car 😂
Sadly, as an American I agree with you. Not all of us are psychos waiting to kill people, unfortunately the most vocal are. So on behalf of the sane Americans, I apologize.
It seems like some people haven't even been in dangerous situations and just sit in there room watching this going "yeah, I'd just sit there and everything will be fine someone else will come fix this problem."
Who lost their temper? She was calm the whole time. The lady on the hood already tried getting into the drivers car then banged on her windows when she couldn’t open the door shortly before this video was taken.
She sounded calm because she was in the safety of her car, but she was sarcastic and vengeful. When someone kills another they don't have to be acting hysterical.
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u/TheLastPeanut_ Apr 16 '26
She lost her license for 6 months.