Shocking footage has captured the disgusting moment a man urinated out of an open door of a moving car on a busy highway.
The man was a passenger in a white Toyota HiLux travelling down the busy Monash Freeway in Melbourne on Friday afternoon.
A shocked motorist, travelling behind the ute, started to film the vehicle after spotting the passenger’s lewd act.
The footage showed the passenger semi-standing inside the vehicle as he leaned out of the open door and relieved himself.
The passenger also popped his head out of the open door as he watched his urine flow into the air behind the ute while the driver continued down the freeway.
The man was even seen laughing while he urinated despite the dangers of his unsafe act.
Social media users were outraged, with many slamming the passenger for his ‘disgusting’ and ‘dirty’ behaviour.
‘Where’s the respect?’ one commented.
The passenger was filmed urinating out of the rear door of a Toyota HiLux as it travelled down the Monash Freeway
‘Just when I thought I’d seen it all,’ a second wrote.
A third chimed: ‘Disgusting that this is acceptable,’ while a fourth added: ‘One bad movement and it’s all over’.
Many found the passenger’s behaviour amusing, with hundreds commenting ‘when you gotta go, you gotta go’.
‘I’m glad I wasn’t behind him with my window down,’ one person joked.
‘That takes some skill! That’s impressive,’ a second person chimed.
Others questioned why the driver did not pull over to the side of the freeway and give the passenger some time and a safer space to relieve himself.
Despite the mixed reaction online, the act could incur multiple fines for the driver, as well as the passenger, under Victoria’s road rules and public order laws.
Under state road laws, drivers and passengers can be fined if they are caught not wearing a seatbelt.
The driver and passenger could face a range of fines for breaking multiple laws, including not wearing a seatbelt, public urination, opening a car door while unsafe to do so, and having a body part protruding from a moving vehicle (stock image)
Drivers and passengers caught not wearing a seatbelt face fines starting at $407 and can incur three demerit points.
Victoria does not have a specific law against public urination. However, it can be categorised as ‘offensive conduct’ under the 1996 Summary Offences Act – Section 4.
Public urination fines are dependent on circumstances and police discretion ranging between $200 for a minor instance and $400 to $700 for a more serious charge.
A person could even face criminal conviction, if taken to court, for committing the offence – however a defence does exist if the person can prove it was a ‘sudden and extraordinary emergency’.
The state’s road rules also prohibit drivers and passengers from opening a vehicle’s door when it is unsafe to do so – an act which could attract a fine of more than $500.
It is also against Victoria’s road rules for any part of a person’s body to be protruding out of a moving vehicle.
Drivers or passengers caught with part of their body outside a travelling vehicle face a fine of $204.
Daily Mail has contacted Victoria Police for comment.
