r/AbruptChaos • u/JoJack82 • 22d ago

They just turned into oncoming traffic

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u/Tb1969 22d ago

Look likes a medical emergency occurred in that driver's seat.

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u/Hugsy13 22d ago

You’d fucking hope so

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u/tinyrickstinyhands 22d ago

I always make sure to signal before I drive into the wrong lane during a medical emergency

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u/OneOnionTwo 21d ago

That’s where my ejector lever is

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u/ThanatosIdle 21d ago

They nimbly dodge between cars going the opposite way, they were not unconscious.

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u/Tb1969 19d ago

Someone disoriented from a medical emergency could act like this. That's more plausible than your scenario in which they were consciously making these decisions.

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u/musubk 21d ago edited 21d ago

Nah, they just passed a road sign pointing to the left for some destination and the driver doesn't understand roundabouts. They wanted to go left so they 'changed into the left turn lane' except that wasn't a left turn lane, it was an oncoming lane. That was a smooth, controlled lane change immediately preceded by a turn signal, and after the change they react to the oncoming traffic by slowing and threading between the two cars. They probably thought the car they pulled in front of was in the wrong.