road raging madman - police report
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Because we’re worried that Ah Beng could be someone more than just a common ruffian, like a loan shark or something, we decided to lodge a police report just to be safe. So after speeding off from the last spot of altercation, we made a beeline to the nearest police station.
There were 2 police officers in the police station that we went to. One was a policewoman who looked like she just had the wildest party the night before, and another middle age bloke with a pot belly as big as an NGV tank.
[conveniently translated to English from Malay]
“I’d like to lodge a police report about a road rage incident.” - I said.
The lady was the one who seems to be taking interest so, I presume she was the one who would be taking my statement. So I started my story from the point of the bumper collision, to how Ah Beng went apeshit after I confronted him verbally. But before I manage to continue further, the policewoman cuts me off,
Policewoman: “The accident, did it happen before the center of the bridge, or after the center of the bridge?”
Me: “It was before we even enter the bridge, right at the toll entry…”
Policewoman: “In that case, you will have to lodge your police report at the mainland. It’s out of our jurisdiction if it happens on the mainland.”
For those who do not know what is happening here, the Penang island is linked by a 13 odd kilometers bridge from the mainland. Though both the mainland and island are in the same state, the police force is somehow divided over territories… (so I learned). In my case, things got complicated for the policewoman there when she found out that I had an accident on the mainland and got into some trouble with that nutcase on the island.
Me: “So I can’t lodge a report here?”
Policewoman: “That seems to be the case I’m afraid. Your accident happened at the mainland, then it has to be handled by the mainland police officers.”
Me: “But I’m not here to report about the accident. In fact, I don’t really give a shit about the accident. I’m here to report about a road rage incident that happened after the accident!”
Policewoman: “Yeah but your first point of dispute started from THAT ACCIDENT at the mainland, so it is considered a mainland issue.”
That definitely didn’t sound right to me. Correct me if I’m wrong - does that mean if I were to be chased on foot by a machete wielding madman from a district to another, and then into a police station in that foreign district, the law enforcement officers there won’t be obliged to help me because it’s out of their jurisdiction? And if I need help, I’d have to run back to the police station at the district where everything started, exposing myself to the danger of the machete wielding madman again, just to get some help? That’s fucking ridiculous if you ask me. I was seriously thinking of Lim Guan Eng at that moment of time…
Me: “So, if I’m in danger, you can’t help me because my problem started from somewhere else? I thought I could go to any police station and you’re still obliged to help me because it’s your job? Does that sound ridiculous to you?”
The NGV pot belly policeman intervened,
NGV tank policeman: “Please don’t misunderstand us. We were just saying that, if an incident started somewhere else, the investigation has to be conducted by the team in charge of that territory… we’re not saying that we won’t help you.”
Well, I wasn’t sure if I actually misunderstood them or did the NGV tank officer was trying to twist his facts… The policewoman seems to soften a little and started to follow his lead of shifting their position…
Policewoman: “Yes yes, I was just implying that the case has to be followed by the mainland investigation team… not that you cannot lodge your police report here…”
Me: “That’s just your administration issue. It doesn’t really matter to me if it’s handled by YOUR investigation team, or someone else’s. I just want to lodge a report, and you can do whatever you want. It’s as simple as that.”
That was only when she stopped talking and let me describe the whole incident, though she took very little effort to concentrate. Maybe she’s not used to having to remember so much things at a single cue (her experience was probably limited to recording statements about missing pets, undergarments or slippers). I guess that explains why the policewoman asked if I would like to type the report myself, and I went ahead to do it with my less than refined BeeEm (it eventually had to be edited a few times by the officer due to my crappy command of language). That was it.
The case was then taken over by the mainland police team, who was a zillion times more professional than the couple of odd delinquents we met at the police station that day. The inspector in charge told me that he dispatched a couple of officers to pay Ah Beng a visit and had his statement taken. As expected, he denied everything he did and he even justified for his rash behavior by blaming the car before him, which he alleged was tail-gating him ‘too close’ - making him all irrational (Emily recalled that there was no car behind him when he hit my car). What a lame ass retard. I wonder what happened to the macho side of him - having the guts to be such a badass, but do not have the guts to confess. Anyway, the inspector assured me that this guy is a nobody and has a squeaky clean record, and that I shouldn’t worry anything about him - which was a relief for me. He was let off with a warning and I requested to have this incident kept in his record for his future employer’s reference. This was assured to me… and then we proceed to have a small chat, and that incident went past as just another bad episode with an asshole on the road.
You mean when there is a report lodge againts you there will be somekind of record?
cool… respect!
wow.. Malaysian police finally did their jobs eh? i never thought they were gonna take the trouble to find Ah Beng.. hmm.. malaysia is quite safe afterall..
trying to imagine how his expression was when he was called/invited to the police station and saw it was you lodging a report..i mean did he even look at you or apologized (ok, this might sound too much to ask for from a retard)
MJ: Not all the time dude. They will investigate (if you’re lucky!) and if there’s cause, they will record it. If not, nothing to worry la.
Mike: Similar incident for me when my sister’ s handbag got snatched outside my house. We went to the station nearest my house to make a report. Got the same stupid shit answer la. Went to the “correct” station and after filing a report, asked the fella what the cops were going to do.
“Ohh, kita akan adakan lebih banyak patrol.”
Did you tell the police about you flipping the bird?
Hehehe…
MJ - I think it will be filed. Somekind of a reference perhaps, I don’t know. Not a criminal record though.
sam - It’s an ordeal ler…
Omar - They’ve definitely came a long way. Many years ago, we’d have to pay a few bucks to lodge a report and also to contend with the crawling speed of a mechanical typewriter…
gregenz - If you have read carefully, you would have known that his statement was taken at his home… I wasn’t there when it happened.
MT - I think they’ve made an effort to be better. It’s just that there are still some delinquents left to taint the image of the whole force…
vincent - Yes I did. I told the inspector I flipped Ah Beng the bird. A big bird held with so much strength that it vibrated. Hell I even told the inspector that I used the ‘F’ word. No issue here - because I’m a natural sport (unlike that pathetic Ah Beng who had to resort to lies in a desperate attempt to cover his ass). I told the inspector that getting a bird doesn’t warrant Ah Beng all rights to act like a total jackass. The inspector duly agreed.
Hmm…..probably like many others, I am actually surprised they followed up on your report.
Glad to know no one is harmed.
Glad you didn’t get into trouble (eg. fist fight) with that Ah Beng during the madness. Guess we can’t always do things thinking it will not affect anyone around us.
Mahai only this morning was I tailed by an asshole in his Beng Bucket. Fucker tried overtaking me in the 7am traffic, and later slotted in front of me (the cut you off way) as revenge for holding him up.
I think there is another extremity in Penang drivers - being extremely slow. I still remember i drove to Penang 2 years ago and overtook this Iswara driver who was driving at around 30 kph on a dual-lane carriageway. My sister later told me this was very common in Penang. Anyone to testify it?
xiao zhai - It’s sad that we all have to face this kind of threats everyday on the road. I’ve read news of people getting killed from road rage every now and then… and that’s just sad. I hope the authorities would do something about it…
bongkersz - I always try to avoid from entangling myself in any trouble, because I have had them before. But sometimes, they come to you and it’s out of your control.
Dr.Tan - No offense but, it happens all the time in KL… Maybe someday, some of us bloggers can set up a common blog to write about the bad traffic experiences. i.e. we assign various missions to drive through planned routes, and have the ‘journalist’ record whatever he encountered into an entry… When the blog gets popular, I’m sure it’ll garner some attention from the top.
cheehan - It happens everywhere, not just Penang. I know because I’ve been a driver for 14 years. Assholism transcends beyond ethnicity, place and age.
I was surprised to read that there is actually an inspector to look for that man, check his profile for any records and assured you that you do not have to worry about that man. Not bad. I always have this idea that lodging a report is just purely a report with no significant actions being taken. Obviously I was wrong.
Its true la… Everyone says Penang drivers are bad la, Perak drivers are bad la, etc, but I say KL drivers are the worst! Always in a hurry, cut across 3 lanes to move 3 cars ahead in a jam, never signal and just pancung, drive 3x above the speed limits, etc…
There are many good and sane KL drivers too but generally, the number of bastard “I am God of this road” type of drivers exceeds the good ones. I speak through the experience of being a KL-ite all my life.
Mike,
Glad to hear you are in good shape and not losing your thought to whack Ah Beng (forward and reverse your car for a few time to make him flat…hahaha). I bet you, try it in Shanghai he will be pick up by police in no time (too many cameras around the corner) and the police will told you he is not the first nor the last because here got more ‘stuntman’ in a Cadillac (Beamer…so what…). Shouting is common here, I think because the message was somehow has a difficulty to translate from wave to signal the brain and the other party who deliver the message was born with brain in his ass (garbage in garbage out - GIGO). Consideration and civilization is something has ditched and down to drain this number of years no matter where on earth, is this showing us the failing of our education system?
Any way, take care and good luck.
Ted - Hey man, good to hear from you. Yeah, I never liked those people from China. Rude and unrefined. Already could tell from the screaming they did in most of our conference calls. (of course there are exceptions but, those are hard to come by)
after readin your 3 parter on road rage, this is wut i gotz to say…
wut kindda dumbass are you…??? u r a professional, a matured adult, a family man and u went and acted like a total retard. we always scold the gov / bn for not changin for the past 50 years, but have we actually changed ourselves…???
because of ur dumbass antics, u instigated another person. wut the hell for. den u worry bout the safety of ur wife & kids and so on. bein an educated person, you should know better. u said dat just coz u flipped him the finger, it does not warrant him to go apeshit. wut bout u, just coz he accidentally kissed ur bumper, it doesnt warrant u to f word him and flip him a finger. do u know how degrading it is to be called a fuck or being flipped a finger.
sum guy bumped into your car, there’s no damage, so wuts da big deal. why did u have to use a four letter word on the guy. common man, its called an ACCIDENT. dat day he made a mistake, the next day you could be d one who makes a mistake and another day, another person would have made a mistake. dats why its called and accident.
u put urself and ur wife in danger by acting like an immature tween. if everyone was to act like u… no wonder out society is gettin worse den singaporeans.
its a vicious cycle.
jeeves - Well, I guess we were both dumbasses that day (though he’s a bigger one). But I think you’re the biggest one of all… you know why?
a) you told me I’ve made mistakes - after I told the whole world I’ve made mistakes
b) you told me that it was an accident - after I told the whole world ’sum guy bumped my bumper’.
c) you think it’s justified for someone to get flipped off and irrational after he’d hit someone’s car and flipped with a bird. (that’s the stupidest thing)
d) you think Singaporeans are the worst - when most of them could spell better than you…
e) … i don’t have to continue further.
you’re such a dumbass jeeves. Try to dispense something more intelligent next time… before you tell me next that this is a blog and the sun’s hot.
wow, lucky he didn’t do anything more drastic…kind to share with us the number plate of that ah beng’s beemer so we can avoid him in future on the road? :p
i’m from penang myself and currently working in kl…the kl-rians here tells me that “if you can drive in penang, you can drive anywhere in this world!”
LOL!
LOL Jeeves, sounds like a guy who would really flip if someone flips him the bird and use the word Fuck. Tch.. the middle finger and the word Fuck is such a common language these days, ppl should learn how to use it back - and the world would be a more peaceful place.
Seriously, after reading all 3 parts of your story, I thought the guy who bumped you kinda overreacted. Pretty crazy how people can get when they are confined in small spaces like an automobile for too long a period. But thank god nothing untoward happened
erizabesu - That bit about Penang is quite true - if you can drive in Penang, you can drive anywhere. The first time I drove in USA, I was holding a map while navigating the streets on left hand drive… and I managed to get to the destination spot-on!
Expedited writer - Overreacted is an understatement. He was downright insane! Like I said, I suspected he was on the influence of narcotics.
you are such a softie.
Michael
What is the bloody idiot car plate number? I fucking hate those bloody idiots. FYI, I get scolded from my wife too because I swear and give little bird to those idiots.
Let us know the car plate number of the bloody idiot, so next time we can take precaution. Once we see the asshole, take another route or let the asshole move first.
Sighh .. I also can’t stand Malaysian driver. How I wish that I’m still in Melbourne. Damn.
maybe the ah beng blog about this accident as well.. should check it out. leave a big bird on his blog.
you had plenty of opportunities to back off and show a bit of maturity which i would’ve respected. you also had ample opportunity to fight him which would be totally justified as he challenged you several times.
instead you ran like a pussy and constantly tried to hide that fact by talking about the safety of your family (if so why not go for option 1 and back off?) Disgusting. You deluded old fuck. role model for your daughter? which part? the losing your cool? or the fact you didnt have the balls to back it up? ooh maybe its the part you were so worried bout your wife’s safety you started speeding recklessly to run away from the guy.
stupidfuck - Ah, a blank talk by a loser. Your nick tells me a lot about you, just by what you’ve tried to reason alone (you sounded exactly like a stupid fuck teenager - zero intelligence and 100% impetuous). I hope you’d get your own ‘fight’ soon, retard. And then you can choose to tell everyone how you handled it (that is, if you have the ballllllss to be frank about it…)