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"Aggressive/Antagonistic Driving" * USA - Truck ramming made her commute an ordeal
Wichita,KS,USA -The Wichita Eagle, by HURST LAVIANA & JOE RODRIGUEZ -Dec. 09, 2006: -- For a 37-year-old Wichita woman, it started as a typical afternoon commute through the crowded lanes of I-135 in north Wichita... But for her, the drive home on Thursday quickly turned into a nightmare when the driver of a large cattle truck began pushing her car forward in the creeping traffic, then backing off and ramming her several times... "He pushed me once, then after that he bumped me four or five times with a couple of seconds in between," she said. "He started pushing me like a bulldozer, and then he started ramming me."... The woman, who asked that her name not be published out of fear that the truck driver will come after her, said that during most of the 10-minute ordeal, the truck's shiny silver grill filled her entire rear windshield. She said there was a flatbed semi right in front of her... The Kansas Department of Transportation has also begun to take notice of such incidents... Four years ago, the department added "aggressive/antagonistic driving" as a contributing factor in crashes across the state... In 2003, there were 233 such incidents. In 2004, there were 265. And in 2005, there were 250, totaling 748 over those three years... Lee said he encourages people to get out of the way of aggressive drivers when they see them and report violations to 911...
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