Female driver blamed online for abrupt lane changes

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The latest online poll shows that the female driver who was brutally beaten by a man for lane changes has lost public support as 78 percent of netizens believe that she should be held accountable for her bitter experience.

This screen shot from the video recorded by another driver shows the male driver kicking the woman violently. 

Footage showing the woman, surnamed Lu, being violently beaten by a man in Chengdu, Sichuan province, has triggered outrage after being uploaded on Sunday.

The 35-second video filmed on May 3 by another driver shows the man, surnamed Zhang, who drove a red Volkswagen, dragging the female motorist out of her red Hyundai sedan before throwing her to the ground and kicking her multiple times.

Lu suffered a concussion, bone fractures and severe bruising and was sent to a hospital.

Zhang also was reported to have injured a taxi driver who tried to stop him from leaving the spot after the violent act.

Later, the attacker told authorities that he assaulted the woman after she changed lanes abruptly and scared his child in the car.

The man soon met with overwhelming criticism from Internet users, who described him as "lunatic","psycho" and "barbarous".

“The man shouldn't resort to violence no matter what the woman did. All citizens should obey the law but not every one has the right to execute the law, or our society will become a mess," Sina Weibo user @Wojiaomeidonggua said.

However, public opinion soon took a U-turn when footage from the dashboard camera on Zhang's car went viral on the Internet on Tuesday.

The three-minute-long video shows the female driver suddenly crossing lanes in front of the Zhang's car twice and the two exchanging angry remarks before both vehicles came to a stop near an overpass on Chengdu's Third Ring Road, where Zhang viciously kicked Lu.

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