Police detain 2 drivers for fighting on elevated road

FOUR people have been fined for brawling on Yan’an Elevated Road in an incident of road rage, Shanghai police said yesterday.

Two of them also received detention. The four, two men and two women, in two cars, blocked each other on the elevated road and then got into a fist fight before police arrived on the scene.

The incident took place near the offramp of the elevated road at Xizang Road S. at about 11am on Monday.

The drivers of the two cars were both men — one surnamed Gu in a red car, the other surnamed Tao in a gray car.

At the on-ramp at Shimen Road No. 1, Tao cut Gu off, nearly hitting his car in the process. An irritated Gu chased and overtook Tao before blocking him on the elevated road.

Their quarrel soon turned into a physical fight, first between Gu and the two occupants of the gray car, and then between Gu and Tao and their two female companions.

Gu will be detained for 10 days and fined 1,000 yuan (US$157) for “picking a quarrel and making trouble.”

He will also be fined another 200 yuan and receive six demerit points on his driving license for illegally parking his car on an elevated road.

Tao will be detained for five days and fined 500 yuan for brawling with Gu. He faces the same fine and points deduction for the traffic offense.

The two women, surnamed Chen and Fu, will be fined 500 yuan for fighting, police said.

Last month, a man in Jiading District was detained for five days for dangerously impeding another car when driving out of road rage.

The driver repeatedly made illegal lane changes to cut in before the other car. He was fined 600 yuan and had six points deducted from his license.