Jason Paul Delaney must also report in every two weeks as part of a 12-month community corrections order imposed on him this week.

Magistrate Rodney Brender told the 44-year-old in Albury Local Court that he was not about to go into whether it was he or the victim who was at fault in the drive-through.

But he warned Delaney he could not continue to engage in “that sort of verbal abuse and intimidation” of people in the community.

Earlier, defence solicitor Mark Cronin told the court there had been “gesturing and yelling” between occupants of the cars at the Lavington restaurant.

Mr Cronin said that despite “my client’s history” a sentencing assessment report was “quite positive” about Delaney, who was not suitable for a community service order because of his predisposition to suffering from blood clots.

This led to Delaney needing surgery in September.

Mr Cronin said it was clear Delaney had long-standing issues with alcohol abuse and anger management.

The court heard previously that Delaney, who pleaded guilty to stalk and intimidation, also had a history of domestic abuse, partly stemming from cannabis use.

The incident happened on May 10 at 12.10pm after Delaney became enraged when be thought his mother’s car, in which he was a passenger, had been cut off by the victim’s car.

Both lanes, which were full, had needed to merge. That was when the victim saw a car on her left begin to move.

The victim moved forward out of the belief she would not be let in, which resulted in Delaney yelling at them.

He got out of his car, opened the woman’s car door and unleashed abuse.

“I opened the door and f … ing gave it to her,” he told police, dismissing the “bulls --t” charge and saying he “should of just smashed her and got a real charge out of it”.

Delaney must also serve a concurrent corrections order after his offending breached a good behaviour bond.