Nail those taxi drivers with online revenge!
A website has zeroed in on the road rage of South Africans by developing an online game that allows users to beat up the usual targets of their ire - minibus taxi drivers - and smash their vehicle to smithereens.
"Taxi Wars" players can choose from five weapons - a fist, a paint can, a golf club, a screwdriver and the plastic "vuvuzela" trumpet that makes eardrums ripple at South African football matches.
Players can hammer the driver until he's knocked out, smash his taxi's windows, pop his tyres and then sign their name to their handiwork with a touch of spray paint.
The name "Taxi Wars" comes from the all-too common turf wars between taxi companies that regularly end in shootings and dead bystanders. The usually battered taxis are notorious for overcrowding and their drivers' disregard for the rules of the road.
The game was developed by online advertising agency iLogic for play65.co.za, a gaming website. - Sapa-DPA