After a road bully was jailed a year for using his helmet to smash a car windscreen, now a presumably enraged driver has been caught on dashcam swinging a parang against a car.
Johor police are tracking down two men recorded confronting a motorist with a parang and damaging the victim’s car along the Pasir Gudang Highway in Johor yesterday.
Johor police chief Datuk Mohd Khalil Kader Mohd said police viewed the matter seriously, before disclosing that the Johor Baru South district police were investigating the incident based on a victim’s report.
“The victim himself, whose car mirror was hit with a machete, lodged a police report yesterday,” said Khalil regarding the incident that has gone viral online after dashcam footage of the confrontation was published on YouTube.
Khalil said the incident was believed to have been caused by the suspect’s dissatisfaction at not being given room to merge into the victim’s lane.
“We (police) are confident that we will track down and arrest the suspects soon,” he said.
The duo has also been urged to give themselves up to the police.
In the one-minute and 23-second video, a motorist was seen being threatened by two men in a Pahang-registered blue Honda Civic twice during traffic congestion along the Pasir Gudang Highway.
The video’s timestamp shows it was recorded at 5.53pm yesterday.
Besides YouTube, it was also shared on popular Johor-based traffic and community Facebook pages.
The road rage incident is the latest since a motorcyclist was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment for smashing a car’s windscreen using his helmet.
In the footage, the driver and passenger of the Honda exited the vehicle, shouting and making obscene gestures, then returned to their car and took off.
However, after driving for a few seconds, the driver of the Honda stopped abruptly.
He then got out of his car with a parang and hacked at the windscreen of his victim’s car.
The clip has triggered outrage on social media, with many calling for action against the two road bullies.