A Queensland nurse has recalled the “terrifying” moment she became a victim of road rage, as drivers fear aggressive behaviour on the roads is getting worse.
Caboolture nurse Emma Evans was driving along the Bruce Highway when the driver of a white Toyota began driving dangerously at her in what she said was a targeted attack.
Dashcam caught the moment the car slammed into her, allegedly on purpose.
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“Out of nowhere the white Toyota came up beside me and, yeah, just road raging me, slamming into my side doors,” Evans said.
The alleged attack lasted more than half an hour and Evans says she’s still affected by it a year on.
”Very terrifying, I still have dreams about it,” she said.
“Mentally, it’s destroying me, because I can’t go to work … I’m still in a sling, my shoulder’s not healing.”
She is not the only one to experience an incident like this, and Queensland drivers believe the problem is worse now than ever before.
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The latest RACQ Safety Survey results show that 86 per cent of people think road rage is getting worse, RACQ head of public policy Dr Michael Kane said.
“We’re clearly seeing it on our major motorways and we often see it in high-speed environments,” Kane said.
“7.6 per cent of people admit to carrying a weapon in their car, and obviously that’s a concern.”
Recent incidents have included metal poles and beer bottles being thrown in anger, people being punched and using their own cars to damage other vehicles.
Tailgating is the most common type of aggressive behaviour which nearly 50 per cent of road users have experienced, followed by excessive honking at 34.2 per cent.
Rude hand gestures have been experienced by 28.2 per cent of drivers and being cut off only for that person to slow down had been experienced by 24.9 per cent of drivers.
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