Happened to my dad once.
Late at night, he was approaching a bridge and saw lights - a tractor trailer - in his lane headed towards him.
He figured his choices were to move the left (there was no other oncoming traffic) on the bridge or take the slope on the side of the road (no shoulder).
He took the slope. He tells me that, in his mind’s eye, he saw the driver waking up and pulling back into his lane just as he was passing him in th left lane on the bridge. He figured the slope was a better deal.
He totaled out a nice Honda Accord, but walked away without a scratch. He has no idea what happened to the truck and its driver.
My first thought was that this is how patriotic Americans feel about nobama (the great leader) coming at them relentlessly each and every day.