"Just waiting for a mate" is the informal name given to a viral video clip from the Australian TV reality television show Highway Patrol.
The video clip depicts a typical Australian bogan, who responds with preposterous answers to police questioning.
The clip has received international attention after viral viewing in Reddit, with the phrase correspondingly entering the Australian Lexicon.
In the incident, Senior Constable Ash Bowden attends to an accident in a shopping centre car park, in Carrum Downs.
[12] The Guardian referred to the clip as "one of the ten funniest things on the Internet", noting the humour of the driver's relentless denial despite the obvious.