A MOTORIST was left shaken when another driver karate kicked his car after a collision.

Now Matthew Pearce, 38, of North-ampton Street, Swindon, has offered a £500 reward for information leading to the conviction of the man who attacked his car.

The accident happened in County Road.

As he was driving towards the Magic Roundabout in his blue Peugeot 106 it was bumped from behind by a mauve M-reg Ford Escort.

"The car came screaming up behind me and banged into the back of my car," said Mr Pearce.

Mr Pearce said the driver of the Escort moved forward and braked suddenly, forcing Mr Pearce to stop.

"He ran to my car and started smashing on the driver's window and screaming at me to get out of the car," said Mr Pearce.

"Then he did a karate kick against the driver's door causing £400 of damage.

"I was completely shaken up by all of this I froze and didn't note down his registration number."

Mr Pearce, who works as a political adviser to Liberal Democrat councillors on Swindon Council, reported the incident to the police.

The area was busy with traffic at the time of the incident and Mr Pearce is hoping someone will remember the car or recognise the driver.

"People like this should not be allowed on the roads," he said.

"I'd like him to be banned from driving for six months and made to clean the streets of graffiti or scrape chewing gum from the town centre.

"He might be a very nice guy outside his car but some people turn into Satan when they get behind the wheel."

Swindon Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident which took place on Saturday. Call 01793 528111, quoting log reference 020/291103.

Attacks of this type are still a problem in the UK, according to the RAC.

"A lot of it is to do with congestion and people tend to be in more of a hurry these days," said a spokeswoman.

"These factors can simply overload and result in incidents like this."

In March 2002 Ronald Henderson, an army captain from Tidworth Close, Swindon, was disqualified from driving for a year for repeatedly punching another motorist before speeding off with his victim clinging to the car bonnet.

Andy Tate