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Sheriff Says Calm Down After Three Road Rage Incidents
March 21, 2026
Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons issued a stern warning to motorists following a surge in road rage violence, including a shooting and an armed confrontation, over a four-day period.
The most severe incident, which occurred eon Tuesday at the intersection of Fairfield Drive and W Street, escalated from a verbal dispute into gunfire. According to investigators and surveillance footage, a truck driver repeatedly jumped into the bed of his vehicle to throw trash at another car before punching and shattering the car’s driver-side window. The driver of the car, who was traveling with a woman and a small child, fired two shots, striking the truck driver.
In two other separate cases:
- Thursday on Pine Forest Road: A driver intentionally veered into another vehicle while traveling side-by-side. Authorities are currently working to identify the suspect.
- Wednesday on North Davis Highway: A woman was arrested and charged after pulling a firearm and pointing it at another motorist.
Sheriff Simmons urged the public to maintain composure behind the wheel to avoid criminal charges or physical harm.
“My advice to everyone is to calm down on our roadways,” Simmons said. “Stay in your car, do not approach the window of a driver’s car, and you’re probably not going to get yourself shot.”
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9 Responses to “Sheriff Says Calm Down After Three Road Rage Incidents”
Not sure what the reason for road rage but we are all human we make mistakes with that being said I think we should obey posted speed limits and/or other traffic laws there is a reason they are there God Bless
@Steve
Reading is tough, huh? Anne said on two lane roads. Nothing in her comment said or implied she drives in the left lane.
At 82 years old I am fortunate to still be able to drive safely on our public roadways, but just as several people before me have stated, anger appears to have taken them over. Now I drive the posted speed limit on whatever road that I am on, but I refuse to start blasting my car horn if someone ahead of me is driving somewhat slower. But what does brother me are those who drive the jacked up fancy pickup trucks and position themselves on my back bumper and refuse to properly distance their vehicle. So many seemingly think that their big trucks give them the right to drive anyway that they choose. I really don’t have an answer for what is happening with people nowadays for highway courtesy has practically disappeared in today’s society.
ANNE… Stay out of the left lane an you be fine. That is the slow lane. Bet your getting the finger treatment due to a combination of issues your unaware of.
What’s wrong with people these days? Simple the state and county are turning our roads into pressure cookers with the amount of road construction projects they have going on at one time. Furthermore, they have allowed growth both commercial and residential to surpass what the existing roads can handle with no plans to fix major trouble spots.
Pine Forest at the interstate is terrible spot that is about to get even worse. You have PF merging into one north bound lane with a gas station an off ramp and Detroit blvd connecting. Now they have added a light a Wawa and 4 apartment complexes’ all of it on that merge. But wait we’re done but not quite because it’s now getting a Chipotle and Culvers. It is truly a wonder that there isn’t a wreck there every day.
Really the entirety of Pine Forest is abhorrent there have been multiple pedestrian deaths. Most of those deaths have occurred at night due to lack of both streetlights and sidewalks. Do you think they bothered to put any streetlight/sidewalks in for those new apartment complexes and stores they did not. We won’t even talk about school busses blocking major arteries instead of using the apartments roads to pick up kids or the terrible drivers that will speed past those busses.
Things will get a little better once the interstate construction is done but not by much if they do not fix trouble/congestion problems that uncontrolled growth has caused.
I don’t understand what’s wrong with people these days. I mean, what happened to patience, respect, common courtesy, self-control, and the other qualities our parents taught us (I’m in my 50s). This is why I try to avoid people while driving. No one knows how to drive anymore, either. It’s such a sad, spiraling-out-of-control world we live in now.
I notice that he said “Probably “.
I am finding that my doing the speed limit is causing Road Rage finger signals. So, what should I do? Speed up? This is a serious problem on 2 lane highways.
Simmons said. “Stay in your car, do not approach the window of a driver’s car, and you’re probably not going to get yourself shot.”
Great advise Chip… to the hot heads flirting with their bad life choices