Female driver blamed online for abrupt lane changes
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Some people began to defend the deeds of the male driver, arguing the woman violated traffic regulations first.
@DuboDennis wrote that everyone would be angered by what the woman did because her driving shows she was taking others' lives for granted.
@suilexiaozhangzhang said the woman should think about why she was beaten and added,"She shouldn't have crossed the lane in front of other cars, which was a threat to the lives of others."
Although 78 percent of people blame the female driver for the road rage, most of the netizens said they wouldn't use violence to answer such deeds, according to the poll conducted by Sina.com.
The debate further grew when some netizens started a cyber hunt against the woman, releasing her personal information, including her ID number, hotel check-in records and more than 20 recorded traffic violations in the same Hyundai sedan.
“The search for the car's traffic violations is acceptable, but is her hotel check-in records even relevant here?" @ziyueyzy said. The hunt was considered by many netizens to have gone too far.
Zhang Zhen, a lawyer with the Huicheng law firm, said in a report by Sichuan Online that, judging by the video from Zhang's dash board, the woman did violate traffic regulations.
However, the attacker should also face a penalty for his violent deeds. And the online hunters are suspected of infringing the woman's right to privacy, the lawyer said.
The attacker has been detained on criminal charges, local police said.
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