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Horrible experience feeling really shaken

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insidecardboardboxes · 10/01/2019 16:24

Was just walking down the road (a residential street) with my one year old in his buggy and was about to cross the road when this complete lunatic comes haring down the road, easily doing 60 miles an hour. If I had stepped off the kerb about 10 seconds later he would have hit us both. I shouted at him, more out of shock than anything else and then I see he's stopped his car up ahead. Feeling quite scared so I turned and walked the other way, then he starts following me in his car down the street so I go into a shop and say to the woman I've just come in for a minute because there's a man outside I'm scared of. A minute later he follows me into the shop, gets right up in my face, screaming at me, saying I'm a cunt and a bitch, don't fuck with him, who do I think I am. All while my little boy is crying in his buggy. I really thought he might hurt me. Just stood there blabbering "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry". Eventually he went. Was too frightened he might still be outside so stood in the shop for ages then walked another way home.

Feel pathetic and awful but I'm really shaken up. My stepdad was violent and used to hurt my mother and all I could think of was that this man was going to hurt me and my son.

I'm so scared to go back out now in case I see him again. I walk down that road every day.

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Sarcelle · 11/01/2019 09:16

I despair of the police in this country. Or rather the politicians who have rendered them useless.

Please don't cower around. Go about your business normally but be on guard. He was a dick. Please do not let him change your behaviour.

Take care.

Rubberduckies · 11/01/2019 09:22

If you walk down that road again is it worth popping into the shop and asking if they have cctv? You can then email police back and say that there is this additional evidence? The shop owner might even know who it was.

GinandGingerBeer · 11/01/2019 09:23

I'm not surprised it shook you up. I feel shook up reading it and can just imagine the type of arsehole he is.
What an absolute twat! You're safe, your ds is safe and you did the right thing reporting him.
Obviously it's still very clear in your mind but it will fade in time.

Visualise putting the incident into his stupid fast car with him and letting it drive off over a cliff

insidecardboardboxes · 11/01/2019 10:00

yes I could go into the shop and ask for CCTV

the woman didn't seem that bothered it was happening at the time

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Heresme33 · 11/01/2019 10:25

Go and see if there is CCTV in shop and around area, collect it and take it to police and also contact your local mp. Had a similar experience myself in citycentre were i live and not one person done a thing, stupidly i never reported it and regret it to this day. So sorry this stupid idiot of a man done this too you.

Fairylightfurore · 11/01/2019 11:13

Definitely ask if they have CCTV and I'd call the police next time rather than email so you can let them know just how it's made you feel and insist they look at the evidence

insidecardboardboxes · 11/01/2019 12:04

When I called 101 it just told me to fill out an online form, I didn't get the option to speak to a person.

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Patroclus · 11/01/2019 14:26

Its fucking ridiculous. All they have to do is find out the time it happened and try and find CCTV of the car registration but they'd rather spend their time on their arses trawling facebook.

Willbeatjanuaryblues · 11/01/2019 15:33

Try and call back and speak to someone. Get in the shop now or call the shop and say you have reported it and make sure they don't recored over today's cctv.

It doesn't matter what the person in the the shops reaction was. Glad you tried to report it. Best to do it immediately

Willbeatjanuaryblues · 11/01/2019 15:34

Op honestly try and call again and speak to someone. That man had alot of anger!!

BitOutOfPractice · 11/01/2019 15:39

Oh OP I'm not surprised you were scared. It sounds really scary. I would have been petrified!

I despair of the police sometimes and how little they seem to value or respect women's safety.

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