India's road rage: When cars become weapons

A road altercation in Gurugram, a suburb of New Delhi, went viral last week after a 27-year-old female biker was allegedly chased and hit by a car.

The two sides gave differing accounts of the initial dispute, with the car driver telling Indian media that the group of bikers overtook his car and slowed down in front of it.

In turn, the motorcycle rider, Shivani Chauhan, said the car was following her and the argument started when she asked the people inside to keep a safe distance.

Chauhan's motorcycle-mounted camera shows the car hitting her from the side and them speeding away as she falls and rolls on the road.

"I could have suffered serious fractures or internal injuries and even died. Due to such people, the roads of Gurugram and Delhi feel unsafe," Chauhan was quoted as saying by Indian news outlets.

According to reports, the driver claims that he lost control of his vehicle and left the scene because he feared reprisals from the biker group. Police have since arrested the driver on charges including attempted murder and stalking.

The case was only the latest example of how quickly a dispute on India's increasingly crowded roads can turn violent.

In March in Hassan, in the southern Karnataka state, young men reportedly shouted at the driver of a Toyota Fortuner SUV to slow down.