Florida has always had a reputation for wild headlines, but now, it’s the highways. With incidents of road rage skyrocketing and firearms often involved, experts have warned that the Sunshine State’s roads are becoming battlegrounds for egos. The latest viral case involving a young woman pulling a gun on a family has residents asking: Is Florida’s road rage epidemic out of control?
According to the Gun Violence Institute, 116 people were killed in road rage-related shootings nationwide between January and October 2024. And guess what? Florida has consistently ranked among the most dangerous states for such incidents.
Last Sunday, 23-year-old Esmeralda Cruz of Lehigh Acres, Florida, became the face of the latest road rage incident. She was caught on her own car-mounted camera as she sped down a residential street in an electric blue sports car, narrowly missing a man walking his dog. When the man confronted her, she stepped out and pointed a gun at him, his wife, and even the dog. What even!…