Several times over the past three weeks across metro Atlanta, drivers have pulled out guns and fired at other motorists.
In just about every case of road rage, the incident begins with a minor infraction, the kind seen and experienced by many Atlanta commuters. Cutting off another vehicle in traffic, swerving around cars, running red lights or forgetting to use a turn signal are a few, often agitating, examples.
“Road rage incidents can escalate quickly. You don’t know what the mental state of the other individual driving the car is,” Gwinnett police Cpl. Ryan Winderweedle said…