‘This woman tipped me over the edge’: Woman blocks traffic in middle of the road at peak hour
A WOMAN has been filmed standing firm in the middle of a lane along the Stuart Highway as motorists attempt to drive home
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A WOMAN has been filmed standing firm in the middle of a lane along the Stuart Highway as motorists attempt to drive home.
The video, filmed about 3pm on Wednesday, shows a woman standing in a lane along the Stuart Highway in the Narrows.
Several cars stopped, waiting for her to move, while vehicles in the other lane slowly drive by.
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A motorist, who didn’t want to be named, said it was distressing to see the woman acting to carelessly.
“She was just standing there, looking at the car in front of her,” he said.
“Someone was trying to talk to her, someone was beeping their horn. At that time of day everyone was trying to get home.”
The motorist said he’d seen an increase in this behaviour in recent years.
“I’ve had someone lay down in front of my car in Tiwi. I’ve dragged another person off the Stuart Highway,” he said.
“We’ve come to expect this. We’ve just been told to deal with it.
“I’ve always believed the good outweighs the bad but it’s a struggle to come across the good these days. This woman tipped me over the edge.”
NT Police acting senior sergeant Craig Gillis urged motorists in this situation to proceed carefully.
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“The best action to take in this situation is stop your vehicle if it is safe to do so, activate your hazard lights, beep your horn, and call police on 000 if the person does not move on,” he said.
“I wouldn’t recommend exiting the motor vehicle or attempting to direct traffic, as a busy roadway is a hazardous environment and you do not know the intentions of the person on the roadway.”
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