A Queensland policeman and a driver have traded punches in a bloody roadside blow-up in Queensland’s Moreton Bay region.

In footage obtained exclusively by 9NEWS, the police officer is shown repeatedly hitting Brad Charrington in the face as he sits in his car, his young son screaming from the back seat.

Two police officers pulled Mr Charrington over with his partner and son in the car in Petrie and asked to check his VIN number.

But when the officers asked the couple to get out of their car, they refused.

The incident started when Brad Charrington was pulled over by police in Petrie last night. Picture: 9NEWS (9NEWS)

The footage, captured by his partner, appears to show Brad Charrington throwing the first punch, before the officer repeatedly punches him in the face. Picture: 9NEWS (9NEWS)

The Queensland dad wants the officer who hit him charged. Picture: 9NEWS (9NEWS)

“Mate, I’m telling you I’m not hopping out of the vehicle this late at night with a child,” Mr Charrington can be heard telling the officers.

“It’s dangerous – it’s on a road. I know my rights.”

That’s when the first officer, who was standing at the car window, attempted to take the car keys out of the ignition.

Brad Charrington claims he was simply trying to defuse the situation when the officer attacked. Picture: 9NEWS (9NEWS)

Mr Charrington obstructed him and while holding onto the keys said “good, arrest me”.

The police officer opened the car door and attempted to arrest him.

The footage appears to show Mr Charrington threw the first punch, but he claims he was simply trying to defuse the situation.

“He leaned over into the seat and hit my son,” he told 9NEWS today.

“From that point there, I knew it was escalating, so I went to throw the keys out of the vehicle just to end it.”

The officers can be heard calling Mr Charrington a "f---ing d---head" as they pin him to the ground. Picture: 9NEWS (9NEWS)

The bloodied Queensland father will face court next month charged with assaulting police. Picture: 9NEWS (9NEWS)

The visibly bruised and battered father has now been charged with seriously assaulting police, but he wants action taken against the officer as well for using excessive force.

Mr Charrington claims it’s not the first time that he’s been targeted by police.