IN a fit of road rage, an irate driver waved a syringe at four terrified young girls in the car beside him and physically threatened the passenger of another car in Edithvale Rd, Edithvale, 8pm, Friday 6 January.
The man, 33, of Bulleen, was later apprehended by Frankston police and will be charged on summons with five counts of unlawful assault and assault with a weapon.
Witnesses say the man drove a black Mercedes and was overtaking stationary traffic in the bike lane until a parked car 50 metres from Station St blocked his way.
The man allegedly became angry when he could not fit his car into the traffic lane and waved his arm at the female driver of a Hyundai sedan with three young women aboard. He was seen to be holding a syringe containing a clear liquid.
The frightened woman allowed the man to cut in front of her car so he would “not hurt the girls”, Chelsea police said later.
When the traffic began to move and the bike lane again became free the man drove off and cut in front of another car whose male passenger, 44, jumped out and took his picture.
The Mercedes driver then got out and shaped up to the man, “waving his arms and challenging him to have a go”.
“The girls in the vehicle were scared as to what the man would do next,” police said.
“They were screaming at [the passenger] to get back in his car and he did.”
The Mercedes driver got back in his car and made “an erratic” turn through and amber light and continued south along Nepean Highway.
When police apprehended the man he admitted waving the syringe and acknowledged the girls would have “been a little concerned”.
He said he was “mucking around” and denied he intended to harm or hurt them.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 18 January 2017