This happened in broad daylight on Galle Road, Bambalaptiya. While I was waiting for the lights to change, this trishaw driver tooted at me. When I didn’t look, the tooting became even more incessant. Once the lights changed, he drove alongside me and made a gesture asking for my phone number while pointing at his genitals. I ignored and tried to drive away, but he kept following me. I began videoing him and then he tried to crash into me, run me off the road and made crude explicit gestures. Fearing for my safety, I drove towards the Bambalapitiya Police Station. He probably realized that and turned off into a side road and disappeared.
I had just finished a meeting with another meeting planned. This whole experience left me speechless. I called my friends who showed up and helped me sort it out.
This is not ok. Sri Lanka really needs to streamline and improve law enforcement and the legal system. The fact that this guy did not care that it was broad daylight on Galle Road, nor that I was videoing him, shows his regard for both women and law.
