Wrong way fatal

Let me expand on that question mark.

How does moving to the right take you closer to oncoming traffic when oncoming traffic is to the left?

 

I hope the driver can get over the mental anguish he must be feeling.

 

Two part story about evasive actions .. First part I was entering a left hand curve in my pick up when the oncoming car slid across the toad towards me at night . I turned the right to take the ditch and got smoked by the back end of the car in my drivers door . I was banged up but otherwise ok . The young girls had the seat to cushion the impact and were unharmed ..A year later I was out by Dryden Ontario in the slow lane of a passing area . The oncoming car swerved sharply as we met I swerved to the middle lane and caught the right corner of the car as he went by straight into the ditch . My FLD got totalled and his car but he only suffered a broken leg instead of dying from getting hit by a 99,000 lb semi.. so there really is no right answer of which way to swerve if at all.

 

Sorry, still not following you. The only oncoming vehicle in that situation is the wrong way driver. In the video they are both in the same lane when the truck driver reacts. Moving either direction will take him away from, not closer to, the wrong way driver.

I would think that the best option in that situation would be to move to the right if possible.

Watching the video closely I don't think it would have mattered which way he moved though. He starts to move left and then the oncoming moves the same direction, mimicking his movement. danm

On a side note I once encountered a 'wrong way driver' on a divided highway. It was a cop with his flashy lights on and he was clearly heading toward me on my right shoulder so I moved to the left lane.

 

That was suicide by truck, he aimed right for that truck!

 

yes, as i was told, you go right, they go right.

so therefore, by going left, and they go right.....there you go...crash.

 

If this happened on an undivided road, the big risk (other than the crash itself) is that, in the absence of video or witnesses, you can end up being held liable for the accident.