bk2drvr
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In the 30+ years of going back and forth to the river I've seen some crazy stuff late at night on the highway from roll-overs, dead bodies, shredded semi's, train derailments, cars and RV's on fire, etc..... but after last night I get to add a new one to the list. We left Needles at 10:30pm to return to OC, not ideal time to hit the road but we had to get back and just wanted to bust out the drive to start our week off this morning from home. About 2 miles from the Dagget exit near Barstow (its 12:15am at this point) I'm cruising along at about 75mph in the left lane and in an instant I see headlights coming right at me. It was a car traveling eastbound in my westbound lane at highway speeds coming right at me. When I realized what I was seeing I quickly jumped over into the right lane and he went flying by me. From the time I saw his headlights coming at me and realizing what I was seeing to the time it was over was about 6-7 seconds. I'm guessing I saw him about 2-300 yards out but traveling at those speeds we were closing in fast on each other. I'm not sure what eventually happened but I hope it ended up okay for the people behind me.
Then I kid you not about 10 mins later on the 15 near the 58 split a semi I was following made an abrupt maneuver out of the far right lane he was traveling in into the lane next to him barely missing a guy picking up his crashed motorcycle in the middle of the lane. Crazy night on the road. Be alert out there people.
Then I kid you not about 10 mins later on the 15 near the 58 split a semi I was following made an abrupt maneuver out of the far right lane he was traveling in into the lane next to him barely missing a guy picking up his crashed motorcycle in the middle of the lane. Crazy night on the road. Be alert out there people.