Cases of road rage have apparently skyrocketed in China, and the Ministry of Public Security said that there have been about 100 million reported incidents of traffic violation since January 2012, according to a report published on Fox 28.
Roads in many of China's booming cities are congested, and along with it comes the anger and frustration among drivers. Danger on the streets is undeniably increasing, as well as car ownership (105 million nationwide), according to CNN.
"People are easily agitated nowadays, feel under-appreciated and disrespected, and they take it out on the road by being bullies on the road," Sun Xiaohong, who works in the auto industry, told Bloomberg.
As a result of these increasing incidents and following the release of the video that went viral worldwide, the Chinese authorities are moving to increase penalties for traffic violations and tightening its rules.
"Offensive driving caused by road rage is a severe violation of law that disrupts traffic order and endangers safety," the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement.
"Drivers should consciously rein in their road rage," the statement adds.
Media outlets across China have also started airing nightly footage from traffic police departments to educate and inform the public of the horrors of the accidents. Driving schools, meanwhile, also do their part in educating new drivers.
"When students become impatient because of the long queue, I tell them to consider this a preview of Beijing's traffic jams," instructor Geng Guizhi said.
Guizhi, who has been working as a driving instructor at the Gongjiao Driving School for many years, said that there are at least 10,000 new students who sign up in a just one month.
Meanwhile, the case of the woman who was beaten up took an interesting turn, as another video revealed that it was she who abruptly switched lanes and cut off the man in the other car. In a letter addressed to the Southern Metropolitan Daily, a local Chinese publication, the woman apologized and owned up to her "rash and illogical driving," as stated in the Bloomberg report.
