A couple years ago, we were headed out of town on I-680 in the Bay Area around 4:30 AM. Traffic was very light since it was the beginning of the pandemic and everything was shut down. The road was very dark and traffic almost non-existant.
Some distance ahead of us, maybe a half mile, there were a lot of emergency lights on the right side of the interstate. My wife slowed and moved over one lane to the left. There were no cars anywhere near us. Suddenly, we came upon a parked car on the roadway in the left two lanes, turned 90 degrees to the direction of travel. We must have missed T-Boning it by a foot or less.
It was the perfect combination — dark night, distraction of emergency flashing lights ahead on the right side of the road, an unexpected parked car at 90 degrees on the left side of the interstate.
It was unbelievable and we thanked God that he got us through that safely.
Wow. I had something similar, happen when was traveling a round the us once in a suburban. I was on a long treeless road, no hills, nothing. Just straight going. No cars In Sight or so I thought. I dunno how I missed seeing the car on the side of the road before i got to it, but I did.
my dog got into a box of paper towels in the back, and was just ripping them to shreds, and pieces were flying everywhere because the windows were open. I finally noticed it, and looked up in the mirror to see the dog going crazy with the box, and I looked back over my shoulder, quickly, to see the mess, and when I looked back around again, I was maybe 1/2 foot or so from smashing into a car on the side of the road.
God certainly watched over me too. A 1/2 foot or so more to the right (I think I steered right a bit when I looked over my shoulder), and it woild have been curtains no doubt. It shook me up that I didn’t see the car in the first place. I dunno if I saw it and it didn’t register, or I just didn’t see it at all. But I mean this was truly out in the middle of nowhere, no other cars around for miles.