She wasn't expecting a car on her right to enter her lane, causing her and the other motorist to slam on their brakes. The other driver was clearly upset, spouting some choice words to Razo via her rearview mirror. Razo inched closer to the woman's bumper, trying to make out what she was saying. I was here, you weren't. It's a scenario that plays over and over on Oahu's roads.
Blood pressures rise.
But minor incidents such as these can turn violent and are occurring more frequently on Oahu's roadways, in line with a national trend. A Connecticut visitor recently regained consciousness at Queen's Hospital - the victim of a vicious assault stemming from a recent traffic accident in Waialae. A Laie driver escaped injury after he was shot at by a passenger in the bed of a slow-moving pickup he passed near Kahana Bay. Such incidents of non-accident road violence are few and far between. But similar confrontations happen more often than people hear or read about.