Just had my car 'rocked' on the freeway (Sydney)

Pinch · 22-04-2009, 10:43 PM

Hey all

Still a bit shaky after having a rock thrown on my car on Southern Cross Drive Zetland tonight. I was in the Fairlane.

Was travelling south in the outside lane at about 8.15 pm, just near the Gardener's Rd overpass.

Bloody big bang that scared the beejeezus out of me, but miraculously no real damage. Direct hit on off side rear qtr window (the small ones behind the C pillar in the Fairlanes). Small mark, but being one of the small windows it stayed intact.

Too many cars to stop quickly. Too dark to see anything above or beside the road. Reported to 000 though. Had plenty of stone chips and other stuff hitting the car, this was nothing like it - much louder and from the side. It was like the hailstone hits I had the misfortune of experiencing once. Might have been a small diameter stone fired from a slingshot, not sure.

Thank god it was not my wife in the Mini!

I hate those mongrels.

Take care out there peoples.

bcr2734 · 22-04-2009, 10:54 PM

Find them, Take them into a Forrest, Then we see if they like stones thrown at them. Sorry to hear about it. This may not mean much but the cops want these guys so if ya remember anything please ring them, u were very lucky.

Chin Up

Brian

neveroutnumered · 22-04-2009, 10:56 PM

i hate those ers, I'd through bricks at their heads

Pinch · 22-04-2009, 10:58 PM

Reported to 000. They have my contact details. They might just step up patrols of the area, especially if there have been, or are more reports.

Makes you think that Keeping Left Unless Overtaking might not be such a good idea after all if it takes you closer to rock launching sites...

I was almost going to take the Mini - only I had to pick up something big and wasn't sure it would fit!

gtfpv · 22-04-2009, 11:03 PM

all of a sudden this is happeneing a lot . it's been on the news recently about how dangerous it is . and has killed people , and what is the reaction? far kan copy cats.
i cannot believe the evilness in people today.

duaned · 22-04-2009, 11:06 PM

It happened again on a train from Newcastle to Sydney, another car rock throwing incident on the news etc. It's all started again!

JACK250 · 22-04-2009, 11:07 PM

As a representitive of the teenage community I give you the right to if it was a feral of the young variety, do as you wish with said kid. It works like that right?

Iggypoppin' · 22-04-2009, 11:32 PM

We had this in happy valley in Adelaide. Some bloke nearly died, and he was never the same after it happened. Vigilantes are ok in this sitcho. I don't care if violence makes me as "bad as them", sometimes it's all they listen to. You just shouldn't peg rocks at cars, it has no justifiable reason and merits punishment in kind.

Feathers · 22-04-2009, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by gtfpv

all of a sudden this is happeneing a lot .

School holidays...

mrih8hsv · 22-04-2009, 11:47 PM

ive had a boiled egg thrown at my car on woodville rd granville about 2month ago it made a almighty bang being boiled it covered my windscreen white instently directly in my view at 70km a hour it gave me a massive shock i reported it to the local cop station he turned around and said what do you want me to do. i advised it was boiled and if it had gone a foot more to one side it would have gone straight into the drivers side window hitting me at 70km (i see ill send a car to go have a look) could have been a different story if it hit me in the head who knows what might have happened even worse what if my one year old daughter was in the car

Kawasakirider · 23-04-2009, 12:05 AM

I'm a teenager and like this makes me sick to think it could be a relative of mine one day. Whoever does this (and it's likely it's people around my age) kind of stuff deserves to be beaten within an inch of their life.

It happened on the sunshine coast a couple of years back with a piece of cement weighing around 10 kg. It was thrown from an overpass and it hit the driver square in the head, obviously he died. Cops estimate it would have been the equivalent of the rock, slab of cement, whatever you want to call it, hitting him in the head at around 200 klicks.

IDK what sick satisfaction people get from this, it can and often does end in death. IDK how the people that throw the and end up killing, or severely hurting people can live with themselves.

The only thing I can think of, is on highways, have high fences on either side of the road where it would be impossible to throw anything sizeable over, and cover overpasses, pedestrian bridges and what not with wire all around it so it's a tunnel....

F6RspecdaELXR8 · 23-04-2009, 12:42 AM

The media is perpetuating this too - the more these idiots hear about it happening, the more they'll do it.

Anyone caught doing this should be charged with attempted murder as a minimum in my opinion.

MR.BA.GT.332 · 23-04-2009, 12:50 AM

mate just glad your ok!!!

i remember when i was a young kid growin up back home (this back mid/late 80's mind you) out in the sticks, i watched kids throw rock at cars one day until they actually, HIT a car!

Driver got out, dragged both boys together and gave em a good floggin and gave me a good clippin over the ear also for watchin and thinking i was involved which i wasnt.... the other kids had some sore butts that day and my head hurt but we all learnt a lesson that day and so when i hear about crap like this going on, makes me sick to the stomach

YoungFordFreak · 23-04-2009, 01:10 AM

Yeah similar thing happend in sydney today. although it was not on purpose, piece of cement flew out of a truck and hit the driver side window of a car.

prydey · 23-04-2009, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Feathers

School holidays...

got it in one!

Watto_Cobra · 23-04-2009, 09:48 AM

In the Herald-Sun yesterday, someone on a pushbike pegged a rock at Bert & Patti Newton in their car. D%$^heads are everywhere now it seems.

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**ebxr8240** · 23-04-2009, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by YoungFordFreak

Yeah similar thing happend in sydney today. although it was not on purpose, piece of cement flew out of a truck and hit the driver side window of a car.

That guy died overnight... RIP...
http://livenews.com.au/livewire/man-...09/4/23/203785

azaxr8 · 23-04-2009, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by mrih8hsv

ive had a boiled egg thrown at my car on woodville rd granville about 2month ago it made a almighty bang being boiled it covered my windscreen white instently directly in my view at 70km a hour it gave me a massive shock i reported it to the local cop station he turned around and said what do you want me to do. i advised it was boiled and if it had gone a foot more to one side it would have gone straight into the drivers side window hitting me at 70km (i see ill send a car to go have a look) could have been a different story if it hit me in the head who knows what might have happened even worse what if my one year old daughter was in the car

There's not much they can do unless you can give a good description of the criminal. they can patrol the area but to catch someone.... good luck.

uranium_death · 23-04-2009, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Watto_Cobra

In the Herald-Sun yesterday, someone on a pushbike pegged a rock at Bert & Patti Newton in their car. D%$^heads are everywhere now it seems.

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Welcome to Earth. Home of the human race.

Wally · 23-04-2009, 12:40 PM

Public caning.

Fev · 23-04-2009, 12:49 PM

i really dont understand the mentality of this.. when i was a kid we used to throw gumnuts off the overpas near out school but that was to get it into ute trays, no freakin way did we think about hurting someone. this is just plain malicious..

redauxr8 · 23-04-2009, 01:39 PM

I'm 19, not as mature as most people but absolutely hate car damagers and little punks who throw rocks and stuff!

I have had 2 bad experiences with immature little @^*%'s, Once driving with my cousin, just because my car looked a "gangsters" car somone threw a bottle and smashed my windscreen, like totally obliterated it and put my cousin in hospital overnight, with 16 stitches in his head, i sorted the bloke out a few hours later, and i ended up gettin charged with assault,funny how that works aye? anyway charges got dropped....

The second.... I was driving my pregnant sister to the shop and some little #$$!'s threw a rock through the window and narrowly missed her, although hit me square in the face, split my eybrow open, only needed 2 stitches, the little punks were only in there young teens 12 and 13 year olds, so they got let off with a warning... cos they said sorry and cried like babies....

aye you · 23-04-2009, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Fev

i really dont understand the mentality of this..

same as the idiots who shine laser lights into our cockpits when we're trying to land at night, not fun

Fev · 23-04-2009, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by aye you

same as the idiots who shine laser lights into our cockpits when we're trying to land at night, not fun

some idiot 16yr old was pointing one at me when i was walking off from the train station one afternoon, did it like 3 or 4 times tryin to be funny - so i kept walkin, called the cops(it was a large bright and green in colour) and went home.

note: cop station was 50m up the road lol

Werd. · 23-04-2009, 02:03 PM

I hate these tools, makes you feel insecure as driving.

aye you · 23-04-2009, 02:04 PM

yeah its the green ones that we cop a fair bit of.

back on topic, does anyone know what powers the police have in relation to rock throwers when there isn't a witness to the incident, but the"guilty" just happen to be in the area at the time the police get there to investigate

Thornie · 23-04-2009, 03:24 PM

i think i remember somthing on the news about this happening in brissy as well, ppl throwing large rocks at busses and stuff, seriously the mentality of these people is amazing they need a good *** kicking.

mrniceguy · 23-04-2009, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by aye you

yeah its the green ones that we cop a fair bit of.

back on topic, does anyone know what powers the police have in relation to rock throwers when there isn't a witness to the incident, but the"guilty" just happen to be in the area at the time the police get there to investigate

Im no legal expert but im guessing the rock thrower says "wasnt me" and the cops move on.

eyes87 · 23-04-2009, 06:06 PM

we had the bus services stop going to one part of the city because kids kept throwing rocks at them a couple of months back.

Daymoe · 23-04-2009, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Watto_Cobra

In the Herald-Sun yesterday, someone on a pushbike pegged a rock at Bert & Patti Newton in their car. D%$^heads are everywhere now it seems.

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And in the Herald Sun the headline was "Hoons on Bicycles throw rocks at Patti Newton's car"

Wait up, Hoons? I thought those were the guys who do burnouts on public roads?!