P-plate driver launches foul-mouthed road rage attack on motorcyclist who beeped him for almost backing into the bike - but was the rider overreacting?

A motorcyclist has filmed the moment a p-plate driver verbally abused him
The man sounded his horn at the driver as he watched his car roll on a NSW road
Footage shows the motorist get out of his car and launch into an obscene rant
Facebook users are divided over whether motorcyclist was overreacting or not

By April Glover For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 04:17 BST, 28 April 2017 | Updated: 04:17 BST, 28 April 2017

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A motorcyclist with a camera on his helmet filmed the moment a P-plate driver got out of his car and launched into a foul-mouthed tirade in the middle of a busy road.

The motorcycle rider sat in traffic on a NSW road and watched as the blue Hyundai Excel slowly began to roll backwards in GoPro footage posted to Facebook.

'Sitting in traffic, he starts rolling back toward me. I beep him to to let him know that I'm behind him, and he decides that I'm deserving of some of his mouth juices while he berates me,' the driver of the motorcycle said.

The p-plate driver opens his car door into the busy traffic as he gets out to confront the man

The footage posted to Dash Cam Owners Australia shows the man sound his horn to alert the green P-plate motorist his car is reversing towards him.

The angry driver then sticks his arm out of the window in confusion as the motorcyclist - named Daniel - yells out: 'You're rolling back, mate.'

'Get your brakes on, you're stopped and you're rolling back and I'm right behind you,' he said.

The P-plate driver then gets out of his vehicle and walks towards the biker as a white car travelling on the other side of the road beeps at him.

In a fit of road-rage, the man then argues: 'You wait c***, did I hit you? Did I f***ing hit you?'

He then walks back to his car as the motorcyclist mutters: 'You're a d***head.'

He marches up to the motorcyclist and then launches into a foul-mouthed rant

The motorist stopped traffic to verbally abuse the man who beeped him on the NSW road

The camera owner shared the footage on the popular dash cam Facebook page, and the incident was met with varied responses from commenters.

Some Facebook users sided with the m otorcyclist and argued the p-plate driver's rant was unwarranted.

'I'm going to exit my vehicle to intimidate the rider behind me because my pride has been hurt by a simple honk,' one man wrote.

Another said: 'This is pretty standard on Aussie roads these days. Definitely no more waves of sorry etc it's just arrogant angry wankers. "Beeping really upset me".'

But others said the motorcyclist was being too precious about his space on the road and claim he was overreacting.

'He rolled about 30cm. Just a slight overreaction from the guy on the bike,' one person said.

'Come on... how long has this guy been riding? He barely rolled back, there was plenty of room and go round him on the left. What are you doing sitting in traffic like a car?' another wrote.