Road rage fracas between driver and motorcyclist ends up in Logan court

A spell of rage caused a 20-year-old aspiring teacher’s vicious acts towards a motorcyclist in the middle of a road, a Logan court has heard.

A 20-year-old aspiring teacher who ran a motorcyclist off the road in Loganlea, in a spell of road rage, pleaded guilty to dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.

Beenleigh Magistrates Court heard Noah Wust, of Waterford West, was driving his black Honda on July 30 last year and got into an altercation with a motorcyclist.

Wust said the rider gave him the middle finger which “pissed him off” and believed the motorcyclist was hogging the road.

The defendant began tailgating the motorcyclist and swerved across lanes towards him multiple times, and cut across the rider, narrowly missing him.

When the two drivers came to a standstill, they engaged in a physical altercation and the motorcyclist then attended a police station to report the incident.

Police Prosecutor Kellie Cullen said Wust’s actions were intentional and dangerous.

“He not only put the motorcyclist at risk but he put his own passengers at risk,” she said.

“This type of behaviour causes accidents and there are too many deaths on Logan roads.”

Waterford West man Noah Wust pleaded guilty to dangerous driving for running a motorcyclist off the road.

The court heard the defendant had no prior criminal history and his defence said he simply lost control in a moment of rage, citing personal issues he was dealing with at the time of the offence.

Magistrate Mark Howden told Wust he could have caused a serious accident.

“This is the sort of road rage behaviour that causes so many incidents on Queensland roads,” he said.

“Your actions on that day were dangerous and could have led to far worse consequences.”

Magistrate Howden noted the defendant’s young age.

“You were 19 when this occurred and you’re only 20 now.

“Your plea of guilty shows that you accept responsibility for your actions, you’ve made a very poor decision on that day and I hope you learnt.”

Wust was ordered to serve 100 hours of community service.

No conviction was recorded.