Driving Head On

So, today I had a scary experience. I was driving this morning to my doctor's appointment on the highway. I was in the fast lane going about 70 mph. I was in the middle of a big turn in the highway when all of a sudden I see some of the cars in front of me start to swerve and lose control. I had no idea what was going on, until the car in front of me started to do the same thing. As the car in front of me swerved to the right, I see another car driving in my lane head on the WRONG WAY!! He had his hazards on and was not driving too fast, but was still going about 30 or so. I immediately slammed on my brakes, and layed on my horn. Instead of moving out of the way, the car swerved towards me. So at that point, I turned as hard as I could to the right (remember this is going at like 70 mph). I briefly lost control of my car and it took a second or two until I got a handle of it again. It's funny how all of this happened so fast, yet you still have time to think about things. And all I could think about was my two little ones (Aubrey and Evan) in the car and how injured they would be if we got hit.

Fortunately, we didn't get hit and I don't think anybody else did either. I pulled over to the slow lane and called the cops, who told me there were troopers on their way. As soon as I hung up, I saw 3 or 4 police cars speeding towards this guy. Even though nothing happened, I was shaking for like an hour after the incident.

When I got home, I jumped online to see if there was anything about this and below is the news report:

Wrong-way driver down I-80 this morning

A driver got on the Interstate 80 the wrong way Sparks on Wednesday morning and drove much of the way through Reno before getting stuck, the Nevada Highway Patrol reported.

Alcohol, drugs and medical issues were not to blame, the NHP said.

Richard Emory, 73, of Sparks went west up the Nugget Avenue off ramp and continued west in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 until pulling into the median west of Keystone Avenue near Stoker Avenue, the NHP said.

Emory realized his mistake soon after getting onto the freeway but did not know how to get out of traffic, the NHP reported. Emory turned on his emergency flashers and traveled slow, the NHP said.

The NHP said it cited Emory for driving the wrong way on Interstate 80 and also showed him where the “wrong way” signs were at on the Nugget Avenue off ramp.

“Any time you have a wrong-way driver on any roadway, the potential for a head-on collision is very likely,” NHP Trooper Chuck Allen said in a statement. “We were very fortunate this morning that we didn’t have something more serious to respond to.”

Fortunate is an understatement, I say!!! Thank goodness nothing happened!