Furious American driver attacks Thai woman‘s car in traffic

This is the dramatic moment a furious American driver allegedly attacked a Thai woman in a road rage incident.

Footage shows Byron Jamar, 44, bellowing at the female motorist San, 26, after reportedly hitting the back of her car on a highway in Phuket, Thailand, on August 29.

San claimed the American had failed to use signal lights and cut in front of her twice. A confrontation then followed.

She said: 'We were driving near Central Phuket shopping mall when the foreigner tried to overtake me. He honked his horn and tried to cut in front of my car, forcing me to stop. I let him overtake in the right lane since he seemed to be in a hurry.

‘However, when I was stopped at a red light, he walked out of his car and hit the back of my car, causing a dent. He also tried to open my door. When he couldn't, he returned to his car.

‘I thought that was the end of it, but he came out again a few seconds later to insult me, so I started to record him. When he saw me filming, he hesitated to do anything more.'

San said she drove to the Bangkok Hospital Phuket, where Byron was seen taunting her with sexual gestures until he was stopped by a security guard.

She later filed a complaint with the Wichit Police Station in the afternoon.

Deputy Superintendent Police Lieutenant Colonel Atthawat Suwannarat said officers tracked down Byron as his licence plate was clearly visible in San's recorded footage.

The American arrived at the police station with his lawyer and presented his international driving licence.

He claimed he was driving his sick wife to the hospital when San allegedly braked in front of him, causing the wife to lurch forward and hurt herself in the car.

Police Lieutenant Fontip Kaewsen, deputy chief of investigation, said Byron will be charged with damaging property and threatening another person.

He said: 'Mr Jamar confessed to all charges. The investigator will file a lawsuit with the court according to the legal process.'

Thailand has one of the world's worst road safety records. Ministers have set the goal of reducing fatalities from 32.7 deaths per 100,000 people to 12 per 100,000 people by the year 2027.

However, a lack of road safety education in schools along with notoriously easy driving tests, police failures to enforce road laws, and chronic under-investment in infrastructure, all appear to hamper the efforts.