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At the end of work on the evening of May 24th

A netizen posted an article claiming that

Shanghai Inner Ring overpass is near Yishan Road

A traffic accident occurred

A yellow engineering vehicle

Riding on the guardrail on the elevated side

Image source: Weibo netizen @ Cheshi Yongping

Image source: Weibo netizen @ Hera Lala Xiaogong Ju

Video from a netizen's dash cam

Restored the incident process

Both sides are suspected of driving a fighting car

I saw only yellow engineering cars and blue SUVs

Forcibly parallelized a section of the path

Blue SUV with one foot throttle

Accelerate to the front of the yellow engineering vehicle

Subsequently

Sharply change direction

Insert the yellow engineering vehicle

Crashed into an elevated guardrail

Image source: Weibo netizen @ Cheshi Yongping

On the evening of May 24th

Shanghai Public Security Bureau Traffic Police Corps

Through the official Weibo account @ Shanghai Traffic Police

Release a situation report

On May 24, 2023 at 17:52, two vehicles collided near the Caoxi Interchange section of the Inner Ring Elevated Road, causing one of the engineering vehicles to cross the elevated guardrail without causing any casualties. After preliminary investigation, it was found that the two vehicles involved engaged in mutual "fighting" behavior during the driving process. At present, the drivers of the two vehicles have been controlled by the police, and the police will take serious measures according to the investigation results.

The police remind that "road rage" during driving can easily lead to serious consequences. Drivers are advised to strictly abide by traffic regulations, maintain a good mentality, and do not drive "fighting cars" to jointly maintain a good travel environment.

Netizen comments

Guardrail parking! Is this an acrobatic performance?

Regarding this, East China University of Political Science and Law

Professor Ma Yinxiang gave his opinion

In the video, the blue car may want to enter the main road as a normal driving behavior, while the yellow car did not take evasive measures, which is already a certain problem.

After the blue car entered the main road, the yellow car took a low-level approach. From the perspective of criminal law, this approach may involve intentional destruction of property.

Whether such intentional destruction of property can constitute a crime depends on whether the losses caused by it to the Blue Car have reached a significant amount. If the amount is relatively large, it may be suspected of intentionally damaging property.

In judicial practice, there are also some cases where the behavior of driving a bully car is punished as a crime of causing trouble, similar to yellow cars.

After venting his anger, the owner of the yellow car began to move forward, while the blue car continued to chase and squeezed the yellow car into the aisle, causing it to climb over the guardrail.

According to previous precedents, Shanghai actually experienced similar behavior of driving gas vehicles in 2018. In that case, the final court determined that the perpetrator constituted the crime of endangering public safety through dangerous methods.

In addition, Professor Ma added that when the yellow car first left, the traffic flow was relatively high. In the video, the braking behavior of the yellow car also caused the white car in the left rear of the vehicle to brake urgently. The public security organs may take a comprehensive consideration of the entire incident process and ultimately identify the behavior of yellow car drivers as a crime of endangering public safety through dangerous methods.

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