The deceased driver’s wife was also shot and is in a critical condition in hospital.
It’s understood that the altercation occurred following an alleged bumper bash incident.
MasterDrive chief executive officer Eugene Herbert’s company provides defensive driving training that encourages a shift in how drivers engage with other road users.
He said the road rage problem was less about isolated incidents and more about pressure, stress, fatigue, economic anxiety, distraction, and poor emotional regulation.
Herbert said all these factors eventually boil over onto the road, where people feel anonymous and in control.
“ It’s not necessarily the act itself. Maybe the bumper bashing was just what set it off, because it could have arisen as a result of the person having had a bad day at home, got out of bed on the wrong side. Maybe the boss fought with them or maybe they were served bad food at a restaurant.
“A small catalyst that actually results in somebody reacting in this way, and also bearing in mind that we may be a person, when we’re engaging with one another in person, but the moment we get behind the wheel of a vehicle, it kind of changes the personality. The vehicle tends to weaponise us, and therefore we will start doing things that we wouldn’t normally do.”
He said a behavioural change needs to happen.
“ If you are not following me closely, if you’re keeping a respectful distance behind my vehicle, it’s not likely I’m going to get upset with you. Don’t be a policeman on the road because that just provokes other people.”
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