It was kind of surreal. I was traveling northbound on a major road in our area - two lanes northbound, two southbound with a painted turn lane in between (no physical barriers). Traffic in both directions moving about 50 mph (~80kph). The sun had just set, so it was dark already and everyone had headlights on. I see a car in the southbound lane moving into the median without any turn signal and something about it really got my attention. The car kept moving instead of straightening out and by the time I realized it was moving into my lane, I had to jerk the wheel of my car hard to avoid a head on collision at 100 mph (160 kph). Luckily, I didn't have any traffic in the other lane. I watched in my rear view mirror as the car nearly wiped out the car behind me which also had to make an emergency lane change. The southbound car then corrected back to it's proper lane.
I'm not sure if the driver was drunk, texting or having a medical emergency, but it was rather scary. I guess I'll add it to my list of potentially life ending experiences. Seems like I had a lot in my youth, but it's been many years (decades) since I've had one like this.
I'm not sure if the driver was drunk, texting or having a medical emergency, but it was rather scary. I guess I'll add it to my list of potentially life ending experiences. Seems like I had a lot in my youth, but it's been many years (decades) since I've had one like this.
