Road rage caught on camera in Providence

By Alana Cerrone

acerrone@abc6.com

@Alana_Cerrone

Sheena Cooke calls herself a cautious driver. But on Sunday morning while she was merging onto 195 in Providence, the man behind her apparently thought she was a little too cautious.

"I happen to have been the girl that was in his way that day and he wanted me to know I was going too slow for his liking."

"When the door opens you think ‘What is this!? What’s happening, what is he about to do!?’”

The video shows the man stop in the middle of traffic on 195, walk towards her car, yell, and hit her mirror before walking away.

State Police did give him a citation, but Cooke thinks what she calls road bullying never should’ve happened in the first place.

That’s why she wants to see an anger management or emotional support class in every driver’s education course.

And she has a point. AAA says according to a study, drivers around here are pretty angry.

Road rage incidents similar to the one Cooke experienced have turned deadly in the past, so she says she feels lucky the situation ended where it did.

Cooke reached out to Congressman Jim Langevin’s office to talk about possible legislation on road rage. She’s meeting with his staff Thursday to share her ideas.

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