Victorian cyclist throws driver’s car key into bush after road rage incident
A mother has called for bicycles to be registered after a cyclist took her car keys and threw them into the bush in a fit of rage.
The Victorian mum Naomi was driving with her 12-year-old daughter along Devil’s Elbow on Mount Dandenong Tourist Rd on December 12 when she heard banging on her car and pulled her car over.
“You have to slow right down to go around that bend because it is dangerous,” she told 3AW this morning.
“He hit the car several times so I am unsure whether or not if I came close to hitting him or had touched him. I did not know which is why I had pulled over to find out what the problem was and make sure he was okay.”
According to Naomi, the cyclist was unhappy with her driving and argued.
After a moment, the cyclist reached inside the driver’s side window, which was half down, and grabbed the car keys from the ignition and threw them into long grass.
“I had no idea what I’d done. He just kept riding,” she said.
“He was swearing his head off at me and yelling.”
Unable to find her keys, Naomi called the police and they found the car keys about 20 minutes later.
After the incident, Naomi said she wants to see cyclist get registration.
“If they are road users like everybody else in a vehicle with wheels they should be paying for the privilege like we all do,” she said.
“There are a lot of these cyclists go up and down this narrow roads … I’ve seen many times, two or three abreast. It is not right.
“I have never had a problem with a cyclist in 10 years living up here in the hills.”
Police are appealing for witnesses and help identifying the thin Caucasian cyclist, who is up to 183cm all and wearing orange, red, white and yellow Lycra. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.