Cops Scramble to Deal With Deadly Road Rage During Pandemic

[orangecrush]

(This is from July. )


Across the country, road rage altercations already were a problem before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. But in some areas, police say they’ve seen incidents spike during the past year and a half, as people have become more stressed and tensions have flared more easily.

Some police departments have started tracking road rage incidents. Others have set up task forces or held news conferences alerting the public about the problem.

“People are getting shot. People are getting hurt,” said Officer Blake Page, a spokesperson for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in North Carolina. “It’s just not worth it.”

The results of road rage have been tragic for victims and their families.

Just in the past several months:

In Orange County, California, a 6-year-old boy riding in a booster seat was shot to death in June while his mother was driving him to kindergarten. A car had cut her off on the freeway and the mother held up her middle finger. That angered one of the occupants, who allegedly grabbed a gun and fired into the back of her car, striking the child.
In Lumberton, North Carolina, a 47-year-old mother of six from Pennsylvania was riding in the passenger seat with her husband in March on the way to the beach to celebrate their anniversary when she was fatally shot during a road rage incident. The couple’s SUV had come close to another car during a merge, angering the other driver, who allegedly fired multiple shots into the passenger door, according to police.
In Washington, D.C., a 49-year-old man died in April after being shot in the head in an apparent road rage incident three blocks from Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence. A woman driving a coupe had sideswiped his SUV, and the two drivers argued before continuing on their way. The woman then pulled in front of his car, got out and fired at him, according to police.


https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2021/07/13/cops-scramble-to-deal-with-deadly-road-rage-during-pandemic?amp=1



Had my own brush with it Saturday night.


Some great advice here....


https://pierrepauldriving.com/how-to-deal-with-road-rage/

[Skittles]

1. none of these folk would be dead if a GUN WASN'T PRESENT

this is GUN VIOLENCE

[GoneOffShore]

2. A thousand times this

[Skittles]

4. the problem isn't so much road rage

as it is senseless gun humping

[GoneOffShore]

5. I'm also thinking that a steady diet of Faux Noise is a factor.

[Progressive Jones]

3. K & R

[North Shore Chicago]

6. Civilized society

is becoming more and more rare.


trump telling cops to "not be so nice"

trump congratulating "overwhelming violence"

trump "When the looting starts the shooting starts"

trump asked in a meeting whether police could shoot immigrants below the waist to slow them down.


THIS uncivilized fish rots from the head down, even though we are fortunate enough to have Joe, the cancer of narcissism and violence to settle differences has already taken hold.

[bullwinkle428]

7. Have had my license for 40 years. There is NO QUESTION AT ALL that drivers

have become more aggressive and risky in their behavior since the pandemic began. I have absolutely zero idea who may be carrying a weapon with them, so I try to do everything in my power to not escalate the situation in any way.