michael Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Crikey! So there I am sat in a queue of traffic minding my own business when a blue Focus ST comes round the traffic island behind me on the wrong side of the road. Nothing too unusual there as it blocks the empty lane people use to turn right. Then he starts trying to push into my lane 3 or 4 cars in front of me, again fairly normal these days.... ah he's wheelspinning his way in and waving a hammer.... slightly less normal Then the Focus driver goes over the crossroads, around some traffic trying to turn into my road, up the pavement on the other side of the road, onto the grass, around a bus stop and back onto the road towards oncoming traffic.... again this isn't quite the norm. I'm now 2 cars behind him (keeping a good distance) and he's all over the place behind a silver Alfa, then he's next to it with cars coming towards it, hammer waving. Then the crazy moffo goes up onto the path and moves to the inside of the Alfa, hammer swinging towards it but missing, at this point I was already on the phone to the police. We approach a junction, Alfa turns quickly but Focus is going too fast, next thing I know he's doing a handbrake turn in front of a queue of cars and heading after him again.... who knows what happened next.... Anyway I reported it, gave numberplates, description of incident, road names etc, they took my address but are they likely to get back in touch? Given the speed of the cars and the slow response of the police (I was in the office when they went flying past) I'm presuming they won't have found them unless someone else reported it or they crashed.... there was no way I was following them though, I like Starsky and Hutch / CSI etc but a bacon sarnie and a coffee is more important to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Right call mate... Last thing you need is some waving hammer at you instead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 do you think he was a carpenter and did not get paid:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Funny. Wonder what the history of it is? Do people carry hammers under their seat in case someone cuts them up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHanky Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Jeez, there are some right psycho's about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 The odd thing was that the Alfa was miles in front of the car chasing him, he really had to make an effort to catch up, it wasn't as if they were near each other until at least a mile or two down the road, the Alfa must have been in front of me for a while (stuck behind a tractor) so the Focus kind of came from nowhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I've had a autoglass man waving a hammer at me when i accidently cut him up because i didnt know the area. He then got in reverse and proceeded to try and reverse into the front of me at next traffic lights thsi was before i had either supra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Sounds like Supra01 has bought a Focus ST. Well done on calling the cops michael. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittyclaws Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 do you think he was a carpenter and did not get paid:D which one???? the bloke who sang in the 70's or someone who works with wood? if it was a large hammer, then could well be the Viking God Thor, did he have a big beard and wearing a helmet with horns on it.. Sounds like a right nutter, I would have done the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb10supra Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Jeez, there are some right psycho's about. To true, its a scary country we live in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Anyway I reported it, gave numberplates, description of incident, road names etc, they took my address but are they likely to get back in touch? Did you just ring up the local police station, as i could have done with reporting some nutter the other day, it was a left hand drive bmw on foreign plates weaving in and out of cars, driving really eratic! I was actually scared of driving around him, you just dont know what there gonna do next! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 http://www.comecorrect.net/img/stopHammerTime.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Michael, Where was this and any chance of the nutters reg? It'd be nice to know when not to call someone a wanker etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 they never worry me, when im in the supe i can outrun them, and when i am in my van i have a bigger hammer:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 You telling me you don't keep a hammer under your seat? You're just weird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 Did you just ring up the local police station? No, I had no idea of the number so went for the old 999 approach for speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 Michael, Where was this and any chance of the nutters reg? It'd be nice to know when not to call someone a wanker etc. It was between Middleton(ish) and Wakefield Rd heading towards Leeds - I can't remember the numberplate now but it was an '06 and the last 3 letters were CNC (I think). You'd be able to recognise him, just look for the hammer (He was a scrawny looking lanky thing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattanna Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Probably nicked the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 20, 2006 Author Share Posted October 20, 2006 So the police are coming to see me tonight so that they can get a statement - the area car didn't find them yesterday morning. Surely there isn't a massive amount they can do to him on the basis that someone else saw him being naughty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt k Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Anything resulted from this Michael? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted June 7, 2007 Author Share Posted June 7, 2007 Anything resulted from this Michael? No, the hotest female officer I've ever seen came one weekend and took a statement though so it was worth reporting it for that alone. When I spoke with them they said the car with the mentalist in was owned by an old bloke (was a young chap driving) and wasn't reported stolen. The Alfa driver hadn't reported anything and they had no accidents in the area that morning. I guess I was the only person who considered a hammer waving nutjob worthy of a call to the police too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Dude, I'd have so called the police as well. I can't understand why people don't. I've reported about 2 things a year on average, even stuff that most people wouldn't give a second glance to eg. I drove past a car parked by a forest entrace at about 7:30pm one wednesday night, nothing odd about that as people walk their dogs around such areas in norfolk. It was still there at 11:30pm on my way home... That was odd, so I called it in. Never mind a hammer wielding loony Good work fella, shame other people are such ostriches. -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Class One Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I call them from time to time as well. Either when I'm running late or feel like a day off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 No, the hotest female officer I've ever seen came one weekend and took a statement though so it was worth reporting it for that alone. My previous g/f was a police officer. I doubt it was her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Class One Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 My previous g/f was a police officer. I doubt it was her. Did she have a J.I.A? (Job Issue Arse) Generally they're massive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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