“...they had crashed and one of their heads was in the middle of the highway.”
Look up ahead in the road.
Look up, a head in the road.
It’s all in the the details.
My God, what a horrible sense of humour.
But to help you make your point, I had an experience many years ago that also makes your point.
An acquaintance and I were in a very heated discussion.
I said “Damn, you listen to me.”
He thought I was saying “Damn you, listen to me.”
He never got over that. Mad at me for 30 years or so. Probably still is, but we have gone different ways.
Eeeeh, my head hurts.