In February this year, in the section from Yokohama City to Tokyo on the Tomei Expressway, Saitama was accused of repeating dangerous obstructive driving such as forcibly stopping his car in front of a running car and suddenly backing up. A 57-year-old suspect in the city has been arrested.

Kazuyoshi Hiruta (57), an unemployed man from Minuma Ward, Saitama City, was arrested.



According to the police, on the night of February 6, the suspect drove a total of three cars in about 25 minutes on the inbound line of the Tomei Expressway from Seya Ward, Yokohama City to Setagaya Ward, Tokyo. He is suspected of violating the Road Traffic Law for repeating dangerous obstructive driving such as forcibly cutting in front of the car and stopping it and suddenly backing up.



Drive recorder footage showed the suspect getting out of the car after stopping the other car, banging on the window, yelling "Open it, oh," and kicking the car. .



Among the three cars that were damaged, there was a car with a young child aged 1 or 2 years old, but none of them were injured.



After admitting the suspicion in response to the investigation, he said, "It was because I was directly paying attention to the car that violated traffic."



According to the police, no clear violations have been confirmed on the victim's side, so the police are investigating the details.

State of disturbing driving to drive recorder

Various disturbing driving conditions were recorded in the video of the drive recorder of the damaged car.



A black luxury car cuts in front of the car repeatedly while turning on the hazard lamps on the highway and forcibly stops the car, and suddenly backs up and approaches the victim's car right in front of the victim's car. increase.



In addition, a person believed to be Hiruta got out of the car, and the sound of hitting the window glass of the victim's car and yelling such as "Open the window, oh my!" are also recorded.



The section of the Tomei Expressway around the site was heavily trafficked, and the video also shows many cars coming from behind trying to avoid the cars that were forcibly stopped.



Because the surroundings are dark, it can be seen that it was a dangerous situation where a serious accident could occur.