Road rage on the rise
Seven in 10 drivers in New South Wales and the A.C.T. have been the victims of road rage in the past year, according to a new report.
The figures, obtained in a National Roads & Motorists’ Association survey of more than 1200 members, also showed that a child under the age of 15 was present at nearly a quarter of road rage incidents.
While plenty of people say they have been the victim of road rage, only around one in five motorists admitted to acting out by persistently leaning on the horn, making rude hand gestures and using abusive language against other road users.
A video uploaded to social media overnight shows dash cam vision of a recent incident, where a car cut in front of another driver on the the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
The driver then stops and hops out of his car, to confront the occupants of the vehicle he cut off.
Scroll down to see the most shocking road rage incidents caught on tape
Incidents such as this are becoming more frequent, with three quarters of respondents saying that drivers are becoming more aggressive.
However road rage incidents are currently under-reported, with only four percent of those surveyed having reported an incident they were involved in to police.
While abusive drivers may have gotten away with their road rage antics in the past, the rise of the dash cam is helping police catch drivers at their worst, as these videos show.
The worst case of road rage Australia's ever seen
Remember this guy?
Graphic vision emerged in 2012 of an enraged driver mounting the bonnet of a car and smashing its windscreen.
The innocent driver inside the vehicle was left traumatised by the incident.
Angry driver lashes out at cyclist
Video obtained by the Richmond and Twickenham Times shows upmarket cafe owner and Aussie expat Jason Wells having an expletive filled outburst with the unidentified cyclist who was riding alongside his 4WD.
Road rage battle on busy Chicago street
A hit-and-run accident escalated into a road rage incident between two feuding drivers in Chicago recently.
Unbelievable lane rage caught on camera
This is road rage like you've never seen before.
Footage taken from the dash cam of a car in China shows a driver blocking another vehicle and preventing them from changing lanes on a busy highway.
Road rage driver causes pile up
Dash cam footage captured the moment an impatient driver caused a three-car crash on a busy highway in the United States.
Driver cuts off cyclists and then goes full road rage
Shocking video shows the moment a driver abruptly cuts off a cyclist, who then unavoidably runs into the back of his car.
