Taxi driver bashed in Perth road rage incident by man in hi-vis
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Brutal moment in which a taxi driver is beaten in the middle of a busy street by a man in high visibility who coincidentally returns to his ute after the attack.
- Motorists horrified after witnessing shocking attack on taxi driver
- A tradie viciously threw the taxi driver to the ground next to his vehicle
- He was caught on camera beating the defenseless man in Perth.
Dash cam footage captured the moment a taxi driver was severely beaten and left stranded in the middle of a busy street.
The violent road rage incident unfolded in Martin, 24km south-east of the Perth central business district, at around 2:30pm on Tuesday.
Video shows a man wearing orange high-visibility shorts and work boots throwing the taxi driver to the ground next to his vehicle before pummeling the defenseless man to the ground.
He then casually walks back to his white Toyota pickup as the man lies injured in the road.
Caught on dash cam footage, a man (pictured) wearing a high-visibility orange shirt, shorts and work boots is seen brutally throwing the taxi driver to the ground next to his vehicle
The taxi driver writhed in pain and tried to get up when a female driver came to his aid.
The man finally got to his feet, but he was unsteady after the brutal beating he had just endured.
Western Australia Police said the victim had not yet filed a formal complaint, but they were waiting to speak to him.
The attack shocked people who saw it online, with one commenter saying: ‘Unbelievable! What have we become?!
The man was left injured and lying on the road (pictured) as his attacker casually walked back to his white Toyota utility vehicle.
Another said ‘What’s going on? Where does all this violence come from?
Some criticized nearby motorists for not helping, saying “people just saw it and recorded it no better than the thug.”
But others explained why they may have been reluctant to intervene.
“People close to you may not be able or want to for a multitude of reasons, including becoming a victim (or) having kids in the car,” one person wrote.