Road rage incidents on the rise in North Carolina :: WRAL.com

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS IN THE DAYS AHEAD. ERIC MILLER LIVE IN KENLY. THANK YOU. >> CAUGHT ON CAMERA. A DANGEROUS ROAD RAGE INCIDENT UNFOLDING ON THE BELTLINE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO. IT’S BEEN SHARED THOUSANDS OF TIMES ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WRAL’S AARON THOMAS SPOKE WITH STATE AND LOCAL INVESTIGATORS TONIGHT WITH EFFORTS TO CRACK DOWN ON THESE TYPES OF ENCOUNTERS. CAN YOU IMAGINE SEEING SOMETHING LIKE THAT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU? >> AND OFFICERS SAY IT’S HAPPENING FAR TOO OFTEN, RIGHT, AARON. YEAH, IT’S PRETTY FRIGHTENING STUFF. WHEN EFFECT WRAL OBTAINED NUMBERS FROM THE WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE TONIGHT ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CALLS THEY RECEIVED RELATED TO ROAD RAGE INCIDENT. SO AS OF >> MAY OF THIS YEAR, THEY RECEIVED ABOUT 20 CALLS. GO BACK TO LAST YEAR. THEY RECEIVED ABOUT 69 CALLS YOU BEFORE THAT THERE WERE 73. AND THEN IN 2019, YOU’RE LOOKING AT 63 CALLS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT THESE ROAD RAGE INCIDENTS ARE UNLAWFUL AND UNACCEPTABLE. THEY ALSO ON THE BELTLINE, A WITNESS CAPTURED WHAT APPEARS TO BE A WHITE WORK TRUCK CHASING US TODAY AT THIS LAST SEVERAL SECONDS UNTIL THE DRIVER IN THE SEDAN MAKES A HARD STOP. >> GETS OUT OF THE CAR. THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK BACKS UP HITS A VEHICLE BEHIND HIM AND DRIVES AWAY. WE TOOK THIS VIDEO TO WAKE COUNTY SHERIFF GERALD BAKER. SO AS AN INVESTIGATOR WITH DISQUALIFIES A ROAD RAGE QUESTION ABOUT. >> AND THEN IT SHOULD MEAN BASED ON WHAT I JUST WAS SERVED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, DAMAGE TO PROPERTIES TO THAT PERSON’S VEHICLE TO HIS TRUCK. WRAL HAS EXTENSIVELY HIGHLIGHTED OTHER ROAD RAGE INCIDENTS IN RALEIGH, DURHAM AND FAYETTEVILLE, SOME EVEN LEADING TO SHOOT OUT. >> CARRBORO POLICE SAY A DRIVER FIRED SHOTS FROM THEIR VEHICLE INTO ANOTHER AT THE INTERSECTION OF JONES FERRY ROAD IN DAVIE ROAD MONDAY EVENING. THE SUSPECT GOT AWAY. IT’S HARD TO. SERGEANT CHRISTOPHER KNOX WITH STATE HIGHWAY PATROL. TELLS ME ROAD RAGE IS NOT CONSIDERED A LULL IN NORTH CAROLINA, BUT SUCH ACTS MEAN A DRIVER VIOLATED A HANDFUL OF OTHER LAWS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE BOOKS FEEDING. >> IT COULD BE FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY. YOU COULD AGGRESSIVE DRIVING. IT COULD BE RECKLESS DRIVING. IT COULD BE IMPROPER LANE CHANGE. DRIVERS LIKE EVERSON. THOMPSON WANT TO SEE A MORE ASSERTIVE APPROACH AND PREVENTING ROAD RAGE AND IT’S CONCERNING. >> I SHAKING MY HEAD THAT. >> YOU KNOW WHAT WE DID? IT FACES PROBLEM. AND IF YOU SAW IN THE LAST PORTION THAT VIDEO, THE WITNESS APPEARS TO ZOOM IN TO THE LICENSE PLATE TO SEE EXACTLY WHO THE GETAWAY DRIVER WAS. WE’RE STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM RALEIGH POLICE TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT PROMPTED THIS INCIDENT ON THE BELTLINE. AND THAT’S WHAT’S BEING DONE. WELL, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE TELLS ME THAT THE THEY RECEIVED A GRANT TO PROVIDE UP TO 40 POSITIONS TO INCREASE EFFORTS FOR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT REALLY IS JUST STUNNING VIDEO AND IT MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT WOULD