Has anybody ever encountered a driver before that did something stupider than this?

Question

I just got home from work and on my way home in the dark I come up to this big intersection to make a left, there are two left hand turn lanes and I'm heading towards the inside lane but I look ahead and there is a ford and its facing me (wrong way), so I stop like 40 ft before it. I thought WTF then I immediately thought cop. but there were no lights and what the h**l is a cop doing in the wrong lane? So then the Ford honks like get out of the way and now I'm really thinking WTF?! We could sit facing eachother all day so I change into the right hand left turn lane and surprisingly the ford goes by and I look over and its a little old lady putting along. It didn't occur to me till then that somebody could be stupid enough to not realize that they were in the wrong lane, despite the oncoming traffic! So I watch her as she continues to drive into the wrong lane of a large and divided road. I just kind of sat there at the now red light with my jaw dropped at her stupidity as she drove on.

Answer 1

Did you get the license plate number and report it to the police?  Because what the other one did is illegal.

Answer 2

yes... I saw someone on an electric scooter/wheelchair (like a rascal) going the wrong way down the road and through traffic. I was amazed he hadn't been hit yet!

And my husband used to work for a road safety construction company, and they were doing a lane closure... they had the warning signs all down the road at the necessary spots. The guy working (with the paddle signs) had stopped a big rig and walked to the back of the truck so any approaching vehicles could see him. Some old f**t going over 75 (in a 55 zone, and with the construction) never slowed down. The guy actually slapped the old man's windshield with the paddle as he flew by and slammed into the back of the big rig at full speed. Amazingly he walked away with no broken bones or anything... no drivers license, and obviously couldn't see for c**p! That is the stupidest, and most selfish thing, I have ever heard about.

Btw... young people are still far worse than old people. Maybe because there are more of them driving, or whatever, but they  are still much more of a concern to me.

Answer 3

The worst one that I've ever seen was I watched a driver make a left turn onto a roundabout (should be a right turn, here in US)

Not only did they drive the wrong way on a roundabout, but the got off on the wrong way of an exit ramp.

Those are the people that need to get off the road.

Answer 4

Thats what i call in-capable driver ! These drivers should hand back their driving license before someone gets hurt. I face similar scenario too but i did not notice the driver. Its sad that every year thousands are killed un-intentionally with such stupid incidents.

Answer 5

wow she is stupid! this is why i dont think older people should be aloud to drive! they do something stupid like this or they go 10mph in a 65mph zone. they are just not safe!

Answer 6

Where I work it is on a one way road I see mostly people between late 20 and early 40 make u-turns all the time and head the wrong way.  there are many signs and big arrows painted on the ground.  I actually saw a middle aged man make a left and turn the wrong way one the the road you think he would have realized when there was a line across the two lane road with the word stop painted in big letters in both lanes

Answer 7

Where the h**l do you live?  becuase that same thing has happened to me too.  Some old lady turning up the street the wrong way in a 6 lane major road.  And they say young people don't know how to drive.

Answer 8

not to me personally but i do have a photograph of two loony tunes driving on the m1,,,,doing guess what?

drivers window open,,,passengers window open,,driver is driving with 1 hand ,his right one is outside the car,,,the passengers left hand is also outside the car thru the open window and they each have one hand holding onto a mattress which is on the roof without any other ties at all and they were clocking 60mph..

hows that for lunatics