MIGHT NEED A LITTLE BIT OF PATIENCE. ANOTHER NEW RECORD COMING UP ON THE SIX ROAD RAGE
IS ON THE RISE, BUT WHAT’S
DRIVING THAT RISES UNCLEAR. WE
KNOW THE PANDEMIC BROUGHT MANY
NEW STRESSORS INTO OUR LIVES.
GUN VIOLENCE IS UP IN TENSIONS
ARE HIGH IN 2021. NEARLY TWO
THIRDS OF ROAD RAGE. INCIDENTS
INVOLVING A GUN ENDED WITH
SOMEONE HURT OR KILLED.
INVESTIGATOR SHAWN LEY LIVE
TONIGHT WITH A LOOK AT THE
PROBLEM AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT
IT, SEAN. JASON PAMELA. YOU
WATCHING AT HOME? DO SOMETHING
FOR ME. NEXT TIME YOU’RE BEHIND
THE WHEEL TONIGHT. TOMORROW
TAKING THE KIDS SOMEWHERE.
LISTEN FOR ALL THE OTHER DRIVERS
OUT THERE, HONKING AT EVERYONE
ELSE ON THE ROAD. DRIVERS ARE
NOT GIVING OTHER DRIVERS AND
INCH OUT THERE. PEOPLE ARE
LOSING THEIR COOL NOW THE NEW
STUDIES SHOWING THAT PEOPLE ARE
NOT JUST ROAD RAGING, THEY’RE
GOING FOR THEIR GUNS AS WELL.
CHECK THIS OUT. HERE’S WHAT WE
FOUND OUT. DON’T STEP OUT JUST
YET. DON’T STEP OUT JUST YET.
STAY JUST LIKE YOU ARE, MAN. YOU
WEREN’T LOOKING AT ANY
INCREDIBLY TENSE SITUATION FOR
TAYLOR POLICE OFFICERS. THEY
KNOW THIS MAN HAD JUST FIRED A
SHOT AT A DRIVER ON BUSY
TELEGRAPH ROAD NEAR. I 94
HITTING A PASSENGER. IT WAS ROAD
RAGE. THE WEAPON USED, POLICE
BELIEVE IS RIGHT AT THE MAN’S
FINGERTIPS. HE GETS OUT OF THE
VEHICLE AND THE LOADED FIREARM.
YOU KNOW, WE FOUND OUT LATER WAS
RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER’S
SEAT. YOU CAN SEE THIS DRIVER IS
NOT COOPERATING. THE OFFICER
PLEADED WITH HIM TO STOP
ESCALATING THE SITUATION.
PROBLEM. TAKE MY DOG. PLEASE
DON’T DO THIS TO ALL THIS POLICE
SAY THIS GUY CUT OFF ANOTHER
DRIVER ON TELEGRAPH THAT DRIVER
GIVING THE MAN ONE SIMPLE. HONG
POLICE SAY THIS MAN RESPONDED
WITH GUNFIRE. IT SOUNDS LIKE HE
DIDN’T EVEN HESITATE TO PULL A
GUN AND FIRE IT. NO NOT NOT FROM
WHAT WE’RE SEEING HERE AS SOON
AS HE’S EVEN WITH THE VEHICLE.
UM YOU KNOW, WE’RE NOT SEEING
ANYTHING THAT PROVOKED THIS ON
THEIR END. HE DOES FIRE THAT
ROUND INTO THE CAR. HE COULD
HAVE KILLED THE PASSENGER.
CORRECT? YES THE TEENAGER IN THE
BACK OR THE TWO ADULTS IN THE
FRONT. JUST LAST WEEK, THIS WILD
FIGHT BETWEEN TWO DRIVERS AT A
TAILOR GAS STATION AFTER THEY
WERE RAGING ON THE ROAD. AND NOW
NEW DATA FROM THE GROUP, EVERY
TOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND
FINDING THAT 500 PEOPLE WERE
SHOT INJURED OR KILLED IN ROAD
RAGE INCIDENTS LAST YEAR. THAT’S
44 PEOPLE A MONTH A DRIVER SHOT
OR KILLED EVERY 17 HOURS. ADRIAN
WHEELER TELLS US SHE’S NOT
SURPRISED. SHE’S TERRIFIED ON
THE ROAD. IT’S PREVALENT. I
WOULD SAY MORE THAN HALF THE
DRIVERS HAVE IT RUDE CUT YOU OFF
, AND THEN WE’LL BE COMBATIVE
RAGE AND GUNS. IT’S SOMETHING
MOM MARISA CASH AND WORRIES
ABOUT EVERY TIME SHE’S OUT WITH
HER FAMILY. I TOLD MY HUSBAND
EVEN IF HE GETS UPSET, CALM
DOWN, I DON’T TRUST PEOPLE.
THEY’LL SHOOT YOU RIGHT ON THE
SIDE OF THE ROAD. PREDICT DEEPER
INTO HOW ALL THAT DATA
TRANSLATES TO YOU. WE GO TO
TAILOR WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN
MORE THAN 108 ROAD RAGE
INCIDENTS IN THE PAST 2.5 YEARS
, REPORTED 108, AND WE KNOW THAT
NUMBER’S PROBABLY GONNA BE
SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN THAT.
BUT 100 AND EIGHT IS THAT A HIGH
NUMBER 108 FOR TAYLOR. I WAS
THINKING TOO HIGH NUMBER FOR
ANYONE, REGARDLESS, UM, AND IT
DOESN’T APPEAR THE NUMBERS ARE
COMING DOWN AT ALL. POLICE CHIEF
JOHN BLAIR IS NOT JUST ALARMED
THAT ROAD RAGE INCIDENTS ARE
ALMOST A DAILY ISSUE, BUT WARNS
DRIVERS ARE PULLING GUNS MORE
THAN EVER BEFORE. IT’S NOT JUST
SOMEONE CUTTING YOU OFF AND
SCREAMING AT YOU. UM AND HURLING
INSULTS. THIS IS ACTUAL PHYSICAL
CONTACT BETWEEN PEOPLE. NOW
LET’S TALK ABOUT SAFETY AND
SOLUTIONS. SOME THINGS WE CAN
THINK ABOUT RIGHT NOW. SO WE DO
NOT BECOME TARGETS ON THE ROAD.
FIRST OF ALL, CHIEF BLAIR SAYS,
PUT THE PHONE DOWN WHILE BEHIND
THE WHEEL. YOU DO NOT WANT TO
CUT SOMEONE OFF ACCIDENTALLY AND
THEN FIND YOURSELF IN A ROAD
RAGE SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN
THAT SITUATION, THE CHIEF SAYS,
GET AWAY AND CALL 911 AND THEN
MAKE THIS MENTAL NOTE RIGHT NOW.
YOU JUST DON’T KNOW WHO’S ARMED
. AND MAYBE MAYBE YOU SHOULD
ANTICIPATE EVERYONE IS THESE
DAYS. WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT.
YES, I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE YOU
DON’T KNOW AND WE ARE SEEING SO
MANY OF THESE FREEWAY SHOOTINGS
IN ROAD RAGE SHOOTINGS IN
GENERAL. IT SEEMS TO BE VERY
COMMON RIGHT NOW. LET’S GET BACK
TO ADRIAN WHEELER. SHE KNOWS ALL
ABOUT DRIVERS ARMED WITH GUNS.
HER SON HAD ONE PULLED ON HIM.
SOMEBODY CUT HIM OFF AT A LIGHT
. AND WHILE HE WAS AT THE NEXT
LIGHT, THE GUY WAS CREEPING UP
ON HIM WITH A GUN AND HE HAD TO
GO THROUGH THE LIGHT. I’M SURE
YOU’RE SEEING THAT AND FEELING
THAT ON THE ROAD. THIS IS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO MAKE
SURE YOU DON’T BECOME A TARGET.
YOU DON’T HAVE SOMEONE SHOOTING
AT YOU DURING A ROAD RAGE
INCIDENT. LOOK, WE’RE TAKING A
VERY DEEP DIVE INTO THAT NEW
STUDY. ALL THE NEW DATA THAT
STUDY IS PROVIDING US PLUS ALL
THAT VIDEO. WE JUST SHOWED YOU.
IT WILL BE ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM
DO ME A FAVOR ONCE IT HITS
CLICKONDETROIT’S SHARE IT ON
YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES TO GET
THE WORD OUT. TO YOU, YOUR
FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVED
ONES THAT NOT JUST ENGAGE. WE
ALL CAN FEEL THAT TENSION OUT
THERE, BUT ALSO WHAT THE POLICE
SAID. ASSUME GUYS. EVERYONE IS
ARMED BECAUSE YOU DON’T WANT TO
FIND OUT IF THEY ARE OR NOT BACK
TO YOU 100% TRUE. AND YOU KNOW
WHAT ELSE TO DEFUSE? IS
SOMETHING A LITTLE COURTESY WAVE
BECAUSE WE ALL MAKE A MISTAKE