A woman says she was held "hostage" by a man who jumped in front of her car after accusing her of splashing him when she drove over a puddle.
Jelena Verdi, 38, was left "terrified" after the ordeal in Basford, Nottingham, on January 2 at about 4pm.
Police were called to the scene to investigate.
Jelena claims she was driving home from London when she was accused of splashing two pedestrians, which she denies, NottinghamLive reports.
She said the pair then stopped her from driving away from a set of traffic lights as they "shouted and screamed" at her.
The standoff lasted more than 20 minutes, and resulted in traffic queuing behind her before police arrived, she claimed.
She said: "It happened because someone tried to accuse me that I splashed them in water when I drove back home - which I didn't.
"I was held hostage for 20 minutes or so by these people, which caused a bit of chaos in the road itself.
"Police then came and said to me 'the people are drenched, so can you go and apologise for what you did - and then the matter will end'.
"I said to them that I didn't do it. If I did do it, I would have been happy to, but I didn't because I drove from one traffic light to another at 20mph.
"I'm an experienced driver and I know when I hit a puddle. They were screaming and shouting at me."
Jelena also said she then went to Broxtowe Police Station later that night with her solicitor.
Nottinghamshire Police said the woman apologised to the two pedestrians and they deemed the matter resolved.
However, Jelena said she felt forced to do so.
She said: "These two people made it up.
"They may have got splashed a tiny bit because the surface of the road was wet, but certainly I've not splashed anyone.
"They literally bullied me throughout the whole thing. I felt violated."
Inspector Gordon Fenwick, of the City West neighbourhood policing team, said: “Officers were called to Valley Road, Basford, following an allegation that a driver had intentionally driven through a puddle and splashed two pedestrians, who subsequently tried to stop the driver from leaving the scene.
“The driver attended a voluntary police interview and apologised to the two pedestrians.
"The apology was accepted and the pedestrians did not wish to take the matter any further.”
