An elderly man has been caught on dashcam, riding his mobility scooter for hundreds of metres in 100km/h traffic, on a Melbourne Freeway. The vision, posted on Dashcam Owners Australia's Facebook page, shows the 92-year-old man unconcernedly travelling along the left lane of the Monash Freeway at Mulgrave before 3pm on Friday. Bruce, the motorist whose dashcam captured the event, can be heard telling the man to pull over, as afternoon traffic wizzes past. “Move over mate. You’re on the freeway. You’re not supposed to be on the freeway,” Bruce is heard shouting. The elderly man, who was travelling at about 15/km/h, yells “get f***ed” in response. The man was seen riding along as traffic wizzed past. Credit: Dashcam Owners Australia / Facebook Bruce then calls the police, telling them he’s following the man with his hazard lights on. ““I’m just going behind him with my hazards on but the traffic's obviously pretty dangerous at the moment,” he tells a police dispatcher. “I just told him to try and pull over and he just told me to f**k off.” After merging out of traffic and into the service lane, the man is seen moving back into the left lane of traffic, with Bruce behind him. “He’s just driving along quite happily." “If I go off around him, he’s going to get collected.” Police arrived shortly after Bruce's call. Credit: Dashcam Owners Australia / Facebok A police car was seen pulling up beside the 92-year-old shortly after Bruce’s call. The man was seen waving at police before slowly pulling over. Police confirmed the elderly man had been reported missing by family members earlier. “He was taken to Glen Waverley Police Station where he was reunited with his family,” police said in a statement.<doc-sep>A 92-year-old man took his mobility scooter for a spin down a busy Melbourne freeway. A 92-year-old man took his mobility scooter for a spin down a busy Melbourne freeway.... When you’re 92-years-old, you’ve probably seen and done most things life has to offer, so sometimes you have to get creative to get your kicks. This potty mouthed legend has done just that, deciding to ride his mobility scooter down Melbourne’s busiest freeways this week. And while motorists on the freeway that day were seriously concerned for his welfare that day, the internet is absolutely loving him. Melbourne man, Bruce Bromley, posted footage of the incident to dashcam Owners Australia, explaining that “this cobber was determined to get home”. Bruce had been driving along the Monash Freeway about 2.30pm on Friday when he noticed a tiny vehicle zoom by his left hand window. Bruce soon realised it was actually an elderly man and his mobility scooter — zooming down the 100km/hr freeway at a top of 16km/hr. “I was just completely shocked,” he told 7 News later. Bruce approached the man’s scooter, wound down his window and yelled out to him: “Move over, mate, you’re on the freeway!” To Bruce’s horror, the elderly man released a barage of abuse, most of which involved the phrase “Get f***ed!” Desperate to help the man, Mr Bromley called the police to explain the situation and continued driving slowly behind him with his hazard lights on. “I just told him to try and pull over and he told me to f*** off,” Mr Bromley told 7 News. Many were quick to praise the elderly man on his ability to “stick to the left lane”. The old guy drives/rides better than most canberra drivers. At least he stuck to the left lane. — big mac (@bigmac_ak) May 12, 2019 Others speculated on what had sparked this dude’s impromptu road trip in the first place. Must have really hated the aged care home. — 💧 butcherbird (@butcherbird) May 12, 2019 God Love him his bid for freedom thwarted😔 by Bruce & the Police. However I wouldve done the same thing as Bruce 👍👏 — 💧Anne Louise Moore💧 (@HUSO2341_AL_Moo) May 11, 2019 Seems to me he really did not want to be with his family — 💧Kelly Watts (@Kelly_Earth) May 11, 2019 Many, like Bruce, also noticed his fellow road user employed the etiquette of a cyclist, sticking his hand out of the sides of his mobility scooter to alert motorists to his changing position. I can’t see the problem. He used his hands to signal. 😂 — Paris Nalpas (@ParisNalpas) May 11, 2019 At other points the elderly man would veer into the service lane, then back onto the left hand lane of the freeway, unsettling Bruce at every turn. At one point a large truck even swerved quite close to the man. “It was very aggressive, but at 92, the poor bugger was just confused and a bit overwhelmed,” he said. “If I wasn’t there, he would have got collected, and I couldn’t sleep at night if something like that happened.” Others agreed that Bruce’s quick thinking saved the man’s life. Magnificent - no doubt in my mind the old fella’s life was saved. Just one car could have clipped the old boy & that most probably would have been it. 😊 — VOTE 6 PALMER 🐖 (@ZorbasStephen) May 11, 2019 I loved that too🤣. Good on you Bruce! So many would have driven past him, but you understood and made sure he was safe.👍🏻👍🏻 — Denise Hart (@_denisehart) May 12, 2019 Audio of the phone call features an officer asking Mr Bromley what colour the mobility scooter was. “Brown and black, there’s only one. They won’t miss it,” he replied. Four minutes later, police were on scene to stop the joy ride. He was taken to Glen Waverly Police Station, where his family came to collect him. People all over internet are calling Bruce a “champion” and congratulating him on his bravery on the road and also in the face of a seriously angry 92-year-old man. Right I know that everything about this story is inadvisable but both central characters - especially Bruce - are just fabulous. Bruce to 000 line when asked to describe the scooter: "There's only one. You won't miss him". #strayahttps://t.co/7XtCOnEetB — Annabel Crabb (@annabelcrabb) May 11, 2019 Bruce should get "Australian if the Year" on behalf of all the Bruces we know who would do this. — 🌭Snark📚📡🎑🍫🎞🌏 (@Smartymarty66) May 11, 2019 Good on ya, Bruce.<doc-sep>
A 92-year-old man on a mobility scooter has been filmed driving along the side of a major freeway in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs and refusing to stop, despite the concerns of other drivers. In vision shared to the ‘Dash Cam Owners Australia’ Facebook group, the man can be seen slowly travelling alongside the Monash Freeway in Glen Waverley as traffic sped past him yesterday at 2.35pm. The elderly motorist was seen moving in and out of a service lane and a car lane on the busy freeway as high-speed traffic sped past him. (Supplied) Audi driver Bruce Bromley slowed down behind the mobility scooter with his hazard lights on to prevent other cars potentially crashing into him. “Move over. You’re on the freeway – you’re not supposed to be on the freeway,” Mr Bromley can be heard telling the scooter driver in the vision. The elderly man responded angrily and turned in front of Bruce’s car to continue along his way on the freeway, passing in and out of both the service lane and a car lane. “I just told him to try and pull over and he told me to f--- off,” Bruce told a Victorian Police emergency call operator in the footage. A man driving an Audi slowed behind the mobility scooter, to avoid any other car crashing into him, and called police after the 92-year-old refused to stop. (Supplied) “I’m just going behind him with my hazards on, but the traffic’s obviously pretty dangerous at the moment. “If I go off around him, he’s going to get collected. “He’s just driving along quite happily." Police were eventually able to stop the man, who had been reported missing by family hours before. (Supplied) Mr Bromley told 9News: "Every time he changed lanes, to change lanes, he put his arm out. That was amusing." After travelling along the freeway for hundreds of metres, a police patrol car pulled up alongside the man and brought him to a stop. Victoria Police told 9News.com.au in a statement today the man had attempted to merge into traffic in a 100km/h speed zone. “Police quickly arrived and spoke to the Glen Waverley man and determined he had been reported missing a short time earlier by family members,” the statement said. Bruce Bromley called emergency services when he saw the scooter. (Nine) “He was taken to Glen Waverley Police Station where he was reunited with his family.” The incident comes just days after another motorist was left fighting for life after being hit by a truck on the busy freeway.