Police warn ‘emotional sunstroke’ affecting drivers
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RISING temperatures are being accompanied by rising levels of road rage in the city, police said yesterday.
Officers gave the warning as temperatures exceeded 35 degrees Celsius for the first time this year yesterday, with a scorching week ahead predicted.
In a phenomenon they’ve dubbed “emotional sunstroke,” police say that drivers are more irritable in summer and that minor incidents can quickly escalate into violence.
In Qingpu District, 12 people were detained for scuffles in four cases in June — when temperatures exceeded 30 degrees on a number of days.
No cases were recorded in the cooler months of April and May in the district, police told Shanghai Daily.
Shen Baisong, a traffic assistant who has been working on downtown Nanjing Road for more than 10 years, said the “emotional sunstroke” trend can be clearly seen.
“Motorists are grumpier in summer in general, with those who seem most irritable tending to pick fights,” he said.
In one incident in Qingpu, three men are alleged to have beaten up a driver who reprimanded them for suddenly braking in front of him at the junction of Xinfeng Road and Fengzhong Road and performing a U-turn, police said.
In another case, in Qianyun Road in Xujing Town, three men are said to have fought after two occupants of one vehicle accused the driver in front of driving too slowly and obstructing them.
Jiading District resident Hua Jun, who has been driving for two years, said that although bad drivers get on his nerves more in summer, he tries to contain his anger.
“I don’t mind arguing with drivers, but I won’t fight them,” said Hua. “If they touch me, I’ll see them in court.”
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