Motorist catches ute driver ‘muppets’ in near miss

Police are now investigating after two ute drivers were filmed almost causing a high-speed accident while “playing tag” on a motorway.

A furious motorist has caught two ute drivers who almost caused a high speed accident while “playing tag” on a motorway.

The man spotted the ute drivers who he said were well in excess of the speed limit on the M1 motorway in NSW on Wednesday afternoon.

“Look at these two muppets up ahead paying tag with each other,” he said in a video he filmed of the pair, who he claimed were “easily going 130km an hour”.

NSW Police confirmed to news.com.au they are investigating the footage with a view to interviewing multiple people, including drivers and passengers.

The man filming said he’d spotted the pair as they travelled on the motorway northbound, near Morisset in NSW, about 4pm.

One ute driver, tailgating the other, had a trailer attached. As the utes speed along, the one pulling a trailer suddenly loses control as its trailer fishtails behind it, causing it to swerve to the right.

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‘Look at these two muppets.’

The ute lost control, with its trailer fishtailing to the right.

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The driver then overcorrects, swerving back onto the left hand side of the motorway. The ute then collides with a white sedan in the left lane, running it off the side of the road before continuing on its way.

The two “muppets” in the ute then speed off down the highway.

The driver then overcorrected, swerving into a sedan in the left lane.

The sedan was forced off the road.

But the man filming drives up next to the sedan, gesturing to the footage of the dangerous driving. “I got it!” he said.

The driver who captured the footage said in a Facebook post the female driver of the white sedan suffered only “minor” damage to her vehicle. But he said the ute’s trailer hit her car and “scared the f**k out of the young lady”.

The video was filmed from a phone mounted in a cradle attached to the car.

“I have all ur (sic) licence plate numbers and I even read them out so if u (sic) know any of these two name and shame because the police will be knocking on ur (sic) doors soon,” he wrote online.

Ben Macfarlane, Acting Superintendent Operations Highway Patrol Command told news.com.au “NSW police are investigating that footage with a view to interviewing drivers and passengers involved.

“Any dangerous driving is inexcusable on the road network. That could have had a tragic outcome if the drivers had reacted differently,” Act. Supt. Macfarlane said. “We have zero tolerance for that type of behaviour.”

He added that motorists were encouraged to report matters to police but urged people “not to take matters into your own hands”.

“Please ensure events are filmed safely and legally,” Act. Supt. Macfarlane said.

On December 1, NSW Police and Crime Stoppers launched the Four Ds campaign

If people witness one of the four Ds — Dangerous, distracted, drug or drink driving, they’re strongly encouraged to report it to either the police, triple-0 or Crime Stoppers

1800 333 000.

Originally published as Motorist catches ute driver ‘muppets’ in near miss