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NEWPORT NEWS – When police got the call, they dropped everything. Cases went on the back burner; the focus of every available detective shifted to the Windsor Great Park neighborhood where an 18-year-old said someone put something around her throat, pulled her from her car, dragged her into an easement, and tried to rape her. “She was very distraught, and she was very upset, and it helped to add to the credibility of the story that she gave,” Captain Marvin Evans tells 13News. The head of the Newport News Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Bureau says officers would find out that...

"CAMARILLO, Calif. - A motor home struck and killed a motorcyclist, dragging his body about 75 feet on U.S. Highway 101 in a bloody conclusion to a Ventura County road-rage encounter. The motorcycle was impaled on the motor home. Witnesses and motor home driver Michael Antoine told the California Highway Patrol the biker made obscene hand gestures and pulled in front of the motor home before braking suddenly Monday afternoon."

I hate drivers that refuse to follow the law. The other day I was driving to work down a busy street; I had just passed under the freeway, and was approaching an intersection, where there were a lot of people waiting to turn left. To my right I saw a car exit the freeway, zoom past me, cutting me off, and pull in front of all the cars waiting to turn left, cutting them off and turning left himself. I was dumbfounded that anyone could be so reckless and irresponsible. It occurred to me, if this person cares so little...

PASADENA, FL -- An elderly man on his way to visit his wife at a Pinellas County hospital ended up shooting a man in self-defense in the hospital's parking lot, according to the Pinellas Sheriff's Office. Detectives say 83-year-old Nathan Snyder was driving to Palms of Pasadena Hospital when he reportedly cut off a motorcycle as he was driving along Pasadena Avenue, about 1/2 mile north of the hospital, just before 3pm Friday afternoon. The motorcycle driver, 64-year-old George Hall, followed Snyder into the hospital's parking lot and confronted him, investigators said. When Snyder opened his car door, detectives say...

In a new survey on which of 25 major U.S. cities have the most aggressive drivers, Miami dropped from 1st to 7th, Reuters reports. The Top 3: 1. New York 2. Dallas/Fort Worth 3. Detroit Hey! My city should be No. 1. @#%$@#! Yes, and it's exactly that attitude that gives us road rage. While no statistics are kept specifically on road rage, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that aggressive driving causes about a third of all crashes and about two-thirds of automobile fatalities. And studies show it's not just total jerks who become enraged. But why...

NEW CASTLE, Ind. - New Castle police said a road rage incident escalated to violence Wednesday when a driver actually bit off another man's ear. Jefferey Guffey said he was riding his bike and stopped to talk to two kids on the side of the road when Curtis "Alan" Cross sped by in his SUV. Guffey said he told Cross to slow down. But he said Cross pulled his SUV in front of him and put it in reverse. "(Cross) encountered a bicycle that he found frustrating to get around,” said Detective Ross Frame with New Castle Police Department. Police...

To watch performance, click here. You're hanging out on Youtube when a hater comes your way. Starts to call you awful names says your mother made his day. So will you leap to take the bait, call him a dumb retard? What if he knows just where you live and you become his credit card? You're driving down the highway when he cuts into your lane Then blows the horn and flips you off. Your blood it boils your brain. Part of you wants to chase him down to have a closer talk. But, he might have a weapon and...

Lehman and his wife expected a relaxing evening at a north Fresno hotel Monday night. Rick Lehman had a meeting Tuesday in Sacramento and didn't want to get snowed in at their home near North Fork.

Confirming what many women have known for years, new research shows men are more aggressive, dangerous and prone to road rage behind the wheel. Male drivers are twice as likely to ignore speed limits than the fairer sex and more likely to seek revenge when they feel wronged by other drivers, according to the study by insurer AAMI. More than 2,500 men and women Australia-wide took part in the survey about driving experiences, habits and practices, which showed men are more inclined to rage against other drivers to vent their frustration on the roads. "Men admitted to engaging in a...

<p>Two drivers were shot to death and a third injured on roads in northeast Dallas and Garland during rush hour Monday evening.</p> <p>Police were investigating four incidents Monday after the first fatal shooting was reported about 5:40 p.m. in Garland just north of LBJ Freeway. Police are working to establish whether the three shootings in Dallas are related to the Garland one.</p>

In these days of longer commutes and simmering tempers, nothing seems to set off already-testy motorists like the left-lane camper -- the guy or gal who drives in the passing lane and bars faster drivers from easily passing. Web sites have cropped up to educate other drivers, or to vent. There's a (somewhat painful) YouTube song called "Keep Right." Even bigwigs get frustrated. Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell, weary of having his limo slowed down by such left-lane pokies, ordered an aide to have the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission install signs a few years ago reading "Keep Right, Pass Left. It's the...

A Swedish hip-hop artist and songwriter has been arrested following a road-rage confrontation on a Hollywood street in which a pedestrian died. Authorities say David Moses Jassy, a 34-year-old musician also known as Dave Monopoly, was to be arraigned today on charges of assault, battery and leaving the scene of a deadly accident. Prosecutors claim that the victim, John Osnes, slapped Jassy's rented sport utility vehicle on Sunday when it crept into his right of way as he crossed the road. Jassy then got out of his car, punched Osnes in the face then kicked him in the head when...

VISTA ---- A Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday that San Diego police Officer Frank White should stand trial for shooting an Oceanside mother and her 8-year-old son during an alleged case of road rage in March. "I think we expect more from our officers than the conduct that was displayed here," Judge Joel Pressman said at the end of White's preliminary hearing. White is charged with one felony count of negligent discharge of a firearm and a misdemeanor charge that he brandished his gun during a traffic confrontation with Rachel Leann Silva, 28, and her son, Johnny. White is the...

SAN DIEGO -- Charges were filed Tuesday against an off-duty San Diego police officer who shot an 8-year-old boy and his mother during a traffic dispute. District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis made the announcement Tuesday in connection with the March 15 shooting involving Officer Frank White, 28. He was charged with one felony count of gross negligent discharge of a firearm with two enhancements for great bodily injury and one misdemeanor count of exhibiting a firearm. The charges carry a maximum sentence of nine years in prison. White surrendered to authorities in Vista and pleaded not guilty to the charges. He...

When gas prices surged above $4 per gallon earlier this year, it didn't take Nostradamus to predict that there would be a resultant rush to carbon-free commuting options—especially in a place like Portland, which is known for its ample network of bike lanes. Cyclists in "Stumptown" are spinning their spokes here in unprecedented numbers, trading in their fuel-guzzling SUVs for stylish 27-speeds. But the cycling surge has created conflict, as the new breed of commuters bumps up against the old, oil-powered kind. First came a drunk cyclist repeatedly smacking the driver of a car with his bike July 6, before...

ROANOKE — Call it two-wheel road rage. A Keller bicyclist was cited for simple assault Saturday after he threw a water bottle at a motorist who he believed had cut him off. Several cyclists were riding about 9:30 a.m. in the 400 block of Ashley Lane when a Toyota driven by a 43-year-old Trophy Club woman veered in front of them, according to a police report.One bicyclist pursued the motorist and got her to stop a few blocks away, the report states.The bicyclist threw the bottle, which went through a window and struck the woman.

Drivers who sport bumper and window stickers on their vehicles are more prone to road rage, say researchers at Colorado University. The researchers have released a new study which discovered that motorists with personalized items on a vehicle are more likely to be aggressive drivers. Assessing the behavior of 500 drivers, they found that in the face of provocations such as being stuck in traffic, owners of cars covered with stickers and trinkets -- known as territory markers -- were more likely to act on their anger by flashing lights, tailgating and blocking other drivers. Other major findings: Drivers with...

The Journal of Applied Social Psychology provided a little illumination lately to understanding road rage. In a study by Drs. Szlemko, Benfield, Bell, Deffenbacker, & Troup (which sounds more like a remarkably diverse law firm than a medical study team), researchers found that the more bumper stickers on a car, the more likely the driver is to behave dangerously on the road. Sort of puts that obnoxious “COEXIST” sticker in a whole new context, doesn’t it? The doctors found that things like fuzzy dice, stuffed toys, seat covers, and bumper stickers were all ways that drivers personalize their cars –...

Three horrors await Americans who get behind the wheel of a car for a family road trip this summer: the spiraling price of gas, choruses of "Are we there yet?"—and the road rage of fellow drivers. Divine intervention might be needed for the first two problems, but science has discovered a solution for the third: Watch out for cars with bumper stickers. That's the surprising conclusion of a recent study by Colorado State University social psychologist William Szlemko.

A Georgia man was arrested for murder after he allegedly shot and killed a motorcyclist who he said was following his teenage daughters home from a Target store, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Richard Harold Gear's two daughters, ages 17 and 19, called their 45-year-old father from their cell phones to tell him they were being followed, the paper reported. When they got home their father was at the end of their driveway with a pistol, police told the newspaper.

A second 18-year-old has been charged with murder in the September fatal shooting of Lon Dell Wilson on Highway 101 near Burlingame. Prosecutors allege "Mohammad" Rabah of Hayward supplied the handgun that Doyal "Ali" Webber used to shoot the 25-year-old Wilson in an apparent road rage incident. Rabah was arraigned Friday in San Mateo County Superior Court after being arrested Thursday morning. He did not enter a plea and will be held without bail pending a Feb. 8 hearing for identification of counsel. The two murder suspects were part of a caravan of three cars driving up Highway 101 toward...

Coon Rapids man charged with shooting officer in road rage The Anoka County courthouse revealed documents Wednesday that charge 35-year-old Martin Scott Treptow with the shooting of a Robbinsdale Police officer. Treptow, of Coon Rapids, claims Officer Landen Beard was not wearing a uniform at the time he forced Treptow off of the road on June 7. Beard supposedly was driving an unmarked car. When the two men confronted each other, Treptow claimed Beard pointed a gun at his wife. "We were about three feet away from each other and he pointed the gun at my wife. It was a...

A U.S. Navy veteran with a clean driving record who faces a $1,050 civil remedial fee after he was cited for driving 20 mph over the speed limit in Arlington sued the state of Virginia yesterday over its "abuser fee" program. Kyle M. Courtnall, a lawyer representing Charles "Chaz" Mason, filed a motion in Arlington General District Court to declare the civil remedial fees, which range from $750 to $3,000, unconstitutional because they don't apply to out-of-state drivers. The fees went into effect July 1. Mr. Mason's motion mirrors successful challenges heard last week in courts in Henrico County and...

A CLAIM by the girlfriend of a man accused of a brutal road rage attack on an 87-year-old that "half the Australian men would have done the same thing" has been resoundingly rejected in a Daily Telegraph online poll. Martin Bruce Gamman, 33, was hiding in his southwestern Sydney home yesterday, six days after allegedly punching war veteran Tom Golden several times in the face during a traffic incident. Showing little of the bravado he is accused of displaying last week, he refused to reveal himself when confronted by The Daily Telegraph.It was up to his partner - the mother...

Victim tackles shooting suspect Chatsworth man dodges bullets in chase BY RICK COCA, Staff Writer Article Last Updated: 07/11/2007 10:08:27 PM PD TARZANA - A Chatsworth man turned the tables on a gunman who fired at him outside a Ventura Boulevard cafe last month, dodging bullets as he chased down and tackled the startled shooter, authorities said. The 25-year-old Chatsworth man chased down Robert Hudson, 20, of Porter Ranch, accused of turning violent after a road-rage incident June 1. Hudson faces multiple felony counts and is expected to enter a plea in a July 20 arraignment hearing at the Van...

CAMAS, Wash. – Among the things you can't avoid in life – death, taxes and the slow driver in the fast lane. Oh, you can try passing them in the HOV lane, but if you’re driving solo, the State Patrol will likely make you pay for it. You can tailgate, but risk getting into a wreck. You can honk or give the one finger salute, but then you're dealing with potential road rage. Now a Camas man has come up with a passive-aggressive way to make those slow drivers in the passing lane move over, and it's apparently working. J.A....

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Thou shall not drive under the influence of alcohol. Thou shall respect speed limits. Thou shall not consider a car an object of personal glorification or use it as a place of sin. The Vatican took a break from strictly theological matters on Tuesday to issue its own rules of the road, a compendium of do's and don'ts on the moral aspects of driving and motoring. A 36-page document called "Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road" contains 10 Commandments covering everything from road rage, respecting pedestrians, keeping a car in good shape and avoiding...

FReep this Poll! "When driving on the freeway, do you most often move over to the right lane to allow faster drivers to pass or do you maintain your speed and lane?" Move over Maintain

Lefties launch 'Move over' campaign By: Dave Downey - Commentary Sunday, June 17, 2007 Look out, all you left-lane campers. Soon, you could be approached from behind by an impatient commuter with the words "move over" and a giant arrow pointed in the direction of the No. 2 lane pasted across his or her windshield. Those drivers who routinely get irritated when you create those mile-long backups now have a polite way of communicating with you. For $29, they can buy their very own "move over" windshield decals through the Web site leftlanedrivers.org. The site was set up earlier this...

A variety of driving restrictions were advanced Thursday by lawmakers in three separate committees aimed at improving road safety in New Jersey and increasing driver accountability.  A proposed ban on text messaging while driving was expanded to include language upgrading the existing ban on talking on a hand-held cell phone while driving to a primary offense. That would give police the authority, for the first time, to pull drivers over even if they're not seen committing any other offense.  "This is a phenomenon that is exploding," said Assemblyman Paul Moriarty, D-Gloucester, sponsor of the texting-ban proposal. "It is highly dangerous,...

(AP) Anoka, Minn. Anoka County authorities have released without charges a man suspected of shooting and wounding an undercover Robbinsdale police officer. Martin Treptow,35, says he fired to protect his wife and two toddlers inside the family SUV. The Anoka County attorney's office says Treptow was released after Thursday's incident in Coon Rapids, but the investigation was ongoing. Coon Rapids police say Treptow and a 27-year old officer in an unmarked car got into a dispute on the road. After angry words and gestures, Treptow pulled his SUV up to the driver side of the other car, stopped at a...

Driver Arrested In Minivan Dragging Death Police Believe Man Attempted To Flee Country NEW YORK -- A Coral Springs man is being detained in New York in the death of a woman who was dragged for several miles under a minivan after trying to stop the driver from fleeing a collision. Abdelaziz Hamze, 24, was discovered aboard an Athens-bound flight at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport around 4:20 p.m. Monday, according to Broward Sheriff's Office. It is believed Hamze, a U.S. citizen who was born in Lebanon, purchased his ticket to Greece following the murder, police said. Athens is...

Police: Woman dragged to death under minivan FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) -- A woman trying to stop a motorist from fleeing after a collision was dragged for several miles to her death under the man's minivan, officials said Monday. Authorities said they were still searching for the minivan's driver. Sandra Hall was in a Cadillac that was struck by the minivan Sunday night, Broward County sheriff's officials said. The minivan was driven away with the Cadillac in pursuit, and when both vehicles were stopped in traffic Hall got out and stood in front of the minivan, authorities said. The minivan...

Lauderdale woman dragged for miles, killed after confronting hit-run driver UPDATE: Broward Sheriff Ken Jenne announced Monday afternoon the arrest of a man at New York's John F. Kennedy airport in the dragging death of Sandra Hall, 44, of Fort Lauderdale, according to news reports. Sheriff Jenne identified the suspect as Abdelaziz Hamze, 24, of Coral Springs. He said BSO investigators were on their way to New York to interview him.

LEFT LANE DRIVERS of AMERICA “If you’re not a Left Lane Driver then get out of the Left Lane!” Traffic has become increasingly congested and tempers flare as slower drivers occupy what has been historically referred to as the “fast lane”. It’s time to get that Left Lane back! It is our considered opinion that not only will traffic move more smoothly and more quickly once the Left Lane is used in the way it has been designed but also headaches, frustration, bad tempers and road rage will all be greatly reduced when this pressure valve is released. It’s time...

MIAMI - For the second straight year, rude Miami drivers have earned the city the title of worst road rage in a survey released Tuesday. Miami motorists said they saw other drivers slam on their brakes, run red lights and talk on cell phones, according to AutoVantage, a Connecticut-based automobile membership club offering travel services and roadside assistance. Other cities near the top of the rude drivers list were New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

MIAMI - For the second straight year, rude Miami drivers have earned the city the title of worst road rage in a survey released Tuesday. Miami motorists said they saw other drivers slam on their brakes, run red lights and talk on cell phones, according to AutoVantage, a Connecticut-based automobile membership club offering travel services and roadside assistance. Other cities near the top of the rude drivers list were New York, Boston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- Jason Reynolds never planned his victims' deaths, never saw their faces, never even knew their names before they died. But Reynolds was sentenced yesterday to two life terms without parole in a precedent-setting case that saw him convicted of first-degree murder resulting from a lethal case of road rage. Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos Samour yesterday lambasted Reynolds, a 34-year-old gravel-pit worker, for his "universal malice" and said he doubted he could ever be rehabilitated.

'98 top wrestler, woman traded gestures with other driver, police say The Harrisburg-area man and woman in the Chrysler Sebring convertible exchanged obscene gestures with the driver of a pickup truck for some distance through morning commuter traffic on Interstate 270 near Frederick, Md., witnesses told Maryland State Police. Moments later, Christian M. Luciano, 28, and his passenger, Lindsay L. Bender, 25, were dead. Without warning, the driver of the pickup swerved into the left lane, in front of Luciano's 1998 Sebring, and slammed on his brakes, police said. Luciano, a former Pennsylvania high school state wrestling champion, swerved his...

Police: Grandma drove with woman on hood  01:52 PM PST on Thursday, March 8, 2007  By DAVID KROUGH, kgw.com Staff VANCOUVER, Wash. - A Vancouver woman was charged with hit-and-run after a wild ride down the street Wednesday. According to Kim Kapp of Vancouver Police, 69-year-old Virginia Martin got into an altercation with another driver after a reported fender bender at Wy'East Middle School while they were picking up kids Wednesday.   Related Content (Please click on the article's link for this video content) Police said the other driver, who was not identified, got out and asked to exchange insurance...

Because of FR rules, we can only link but not excerpt. Summary: At preliminary court hearing, the victims testified that the cab driver ran them over after they disapproved of his statement that Hitler had done the world a great service by attempting to exterminate the Jews. This was the content of the "religious disagreement" mentioned in earlier reports.

STAFFORD, Va. — A woman convicted of a felony for throwing a cup of ice into a car that cut her off in traffic was sentenced to probation instead of prison, a judge ruled Wednesday. Jessica Hall faced between two and five years in prison after she was convicted last month of maliciously throwing a missile — the cup of ice — into an occupied vehicle. No one was injured in the incident last summer. "The facts of this case ... suggest that the sentence in this case should be reduced," Judge Frank A. Hoss Jr. told Hall, who thanked...

Cabbie Charged with Assault 02-19-2007 -- Nashville, TN FOX 17 NEWS HERE'S SOME ADVICE FOR YOUR NEXT CAB RIDE...DON'T TALK ABOUT RELIGION. METRO POLICE SAY AN ARGUMENT OVER THE SUBJECT LEAD ONE CAB DRIVER TO RUN OVER A CUSTOMER NEAR VANDERBILT. UNITED CAB COMPANY DRIVER IBRAHIM AHMED IS IN CUSTODY TONIGHT.. CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. AHMED IS MUSLIM AND AUTHORITIES SAY AN ARGUMENT OVER RELIGION WITH TWO CUSTOMERS GOT SO OUT OF HAND YESTERDAY....HE RAN ONE OF THEM OVER....AND TRIED TO HIT THE OTHER. FRIENDS SAY THE WHOLE ORDEAL IS SURPRISING CONSIDERING HOW WELL AHMED IS RESPECTED IN...

I know Freepers are wonderful when it comes to praying for our FReeper family and FRiends. A friend of ours was killed last night in a road rage incident coming home from Daytona. He leaves a sweet wife and three young children--the third just an infant. I know our Lord will hear your prayers and bring strength to this family. Thanks! GG

Police: Doctor charged after waving gun at another driver CHRISTINA KAUFFMAN The York Dispatch Article Last Updated: 02/05/2007 10:46:34 AM EST A Shrewsbury Township physician had his gun permit seized, and he was charged with simple assault for allegedly brandishing his .357 magnum at a Maryland motorist on Interstate 83, police said. State police said 22-year-old Lovar Belnavis of White Hall was driving south on I-83, near the Shrewsbury exit, about 9:30 Friday morning. He illegally stayed in the left lane, the passing lane, though he was not passing any vehicle in the right lane, police said. Police said Dr....

With its flat surface, wide shoulders and lack of parked cars, Columns Drive near Marietta draws dozens of cyclists on a nice day, including many who use the somewhat remote road as their training track, riding lap after lap up and down the 2 1/2 mile street. But angry residents who live along the road in upwards of million-dollar homes say the cyclists whip along the street three or more abreast, cutting off cars, robbing the roadway and scaring people even as they step out to check their mailbox.

So there's the Mercedes, driven by an oblivious woman who is chatting away on her cell phone and bam! She swerves across five lanes of Orange County traffic, heading for the exit, and then that poor little red car gets in the way ... Here's another one, this time from Sunnyvale: "Driving while applying makeup (DWAM). Even though she needed it... bumper-to-bumper rush-hour traffic is not the place to apply it. Do us all a favor: Wake up earlier... arrive alive." And from Nevada: "Get the... apparently trapper prefers ellipsis, thinks it's a little high in story for f-bomb out...

Man, 79, a victim of road rage Driver followed and then punched elderly motorist, police say Published Thu, Sep 21, 2006 ADVERTISEMENT Links Police report of road rage incident at Sheridan Park By BEN CRITES The Island Packet Comments (0) Add Comment BLUFFTON -- Bluffton police said one motorist on U.S. 278, apparently enraged by slow driving, followed a 79-year-old Sun City Hilton Head man into a parking lot Tuesday afternoon at Sheridan Park and punched the senior citizen in the face. Bonnie Burke, a saleswoman at Hagemeyer Electrical Supplies and Lighting Showroom in Sheridan Park, witnessed it from inside...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A motorist traveling on Interstate 4 in Orlando was injured after he was shot by a motorist he had honked at seconds earlier, according to a Local 6 News report. Police said the driver, who only wanted to be identified as Chad, was apparently cut off by two men in a white pickup while traveling on I-4 near Princeton Street. The police report said the men then threw a soda out of their pickup onto Chad's vehicle and then fired a shot into Chad's vehicle, hitting him in the arm. The bullet traveled through the vehicle's door...

Police have been looking for a disgruntled McDonald's customer who ran into two other customers with her car after a dispute over who was next in line. Melinda Ann Thomas, 34, and Linda Ann Thomas, 51, were standing in a crowded line around 8:30 a.m. Saturday as they waited to order breakfast, police said. A cashier opened a new line and they stepped to the front of it — a move that angered another customer who was waiting to order. According to the report, the unidentified woman started yelling at them and threatened to kill them. The woman then left...