“However, interesting and sad as this is, why posted?
For one think, nice to remind people that when you are driving along, with a car in front of you, don’t relax. If that car sees a threat, they will swerve to the ditch, and in the blink of an eye, that threat will be coming straight at you.
Thank you for that observation. You are 100% correct. Imagine seeing the car in front of you at 70 mph, you are following a good distance behind, two-lane road, and he heads quickly to the shoulder. You take a moment to process that (”what’s going on”) and BAM, it’s you having the head-on.
That is an important take-away from this story.
Very true. I would add that it's a good idea also to watch ahead of the car in front, as far as possible. If there's a vehicle coming in the opposite direction, you'll have more time to anticipate problems. Most of the time you can see for miles ahead on that particular highway.