Chinese woman driving Porsche faces online backlash over road rage video
- Footage shows her exchanging blows with man driving cheaper car after she attempts a U-turn for which she is later fined
- Man’s wife claims the woman accused him of driving a ‘beggar’s car’
A short video in which a woman driving a Porsche argued with a man driving a more modest car and slapped him before being slapped back harder has gone viral in China.
The incident on Tuesday in the southwestern city of Chongqing began when the woman tried to perform a U-turn but could not because the man driving behind did not give her enough space, website Pear Video reported.
The video shows the woman, wearing a white wide-rimmed hat and high-heeled shoes, getting out of her red Porsche to confront the driver of the Chery, a low-end make of car in China.
She is shown slapping him before being slapped back by him, sending her hat flying. She then took photographs of the scene of the disagreement, a witness told Pear Video.
“She blamed him for getting in the way,” the witness was quoted as saying. “She pointed here and there, and cursed him. She hit him after he replied with one sentence, and the man then hit her head.”
They were taken to a police station, the site reported.