A Wellington woman says she feels "paralysed" with fear after her car was rammed multiple times on the Hutt Motorway.
The woman, who asked not to be named, told Newshub she was driving between Melling and Petone on Monday afternoon when she noticed a large car full of men, all dressed in red, driving dangerously close behind her.
"It was so close I couldn't even see the bumper," she said.
Thinking the men were annoyed she was in the fast lane after passing another vehicle, she slowed down to change lanes - but the driver of the car sped up and rammed into the back of her - not once, but three times.
"On the fourth time, they didn't back up. They sped up, so they were pushing my car along the motorway at about 120km/h, in torrential rain."
She says the incident was "terrifying".
"I was screaming, 'what are you doing, what are you doing' and I could see in my mirror they were all just laughing.
"It wasn't 'this is fun' laughter - it was 'this girl is terrified and we're getting a kick out of it'."
She says it felt like something "from a horror film" and she was convinced the men were trying to run her off the road to beat her or kill her, then steal her car.
Eventually the car backed off and passed her, and she called the police.
She says she was interviewed by traffic police for "about five minutes" and was not offered victim support.
"It wasn't just a car accident - I was attacked," she told Newshub.
"I couldn't get across how scared and traumatised I was, but I could have died, they could have died, they could have created a pile-up."
She says she was hospitalised with bruising to her chest, but even as the physical injuries heal, the mental ones remain.
"My anxiety is through the roof - I'm terrified. I feel like I've been targeted, like they've somehow marked my car, so I'm scared to drive."
She is autistic and says driving can be an overwhelming sensory experience at the best of times, but now it seems almost impossible.
"I feel paralysed - the way they treated me was cruel, and I'm trying to figure out what kind of person would do this."
She has posted to Wellington community page Vic Deals to seek witnesses to the incident.
A police spokesperson told Newshub enquiries into the incident are ongoing, and they have contacted the woman to discuss her concerns and ensure she gets the support she needs.
"Additionally an officer has been tasked with following up tomorrow."
