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Last night, I was driving home from a rather long trip. (44 mile trip; ended 56 miles from my home. County hospital to San Tan Valley, if anyone's interested.) Traffic was light, thankfully. Several car lengths ahead of me was an SUV; some unknown car immediately ahead of me, one lane over.
Out of the blue, the SUV started swerving all over the freeway -- and I'm not talking "drunk driver, can't quite keep it straight", it was more like "driver having a seizure" or "complete steering failure". From the center lane, to the far right lane, back over to the far left lane, back to the far right lane again, back AGAIN to the far left, then finally screeching to a stop, half in the fast lane, half in my lane. (6-lane highway.) He was swerving so hard I thought the SUV was going to roll over.
I screeched to a stop about 10-15 feet behind him and put my emergency blinkers on. The car next to me also stopped for a few seconds, then went around the SUV. The SUV's reverse lights came on multiple times. He might have been trying to signal me to pass him, but there was no way I was putting myself in front of this nut.
Finally, after we've been passed by numerous cars, the SUV started moving again. I spent the next 10-15 minutes behind him. Once I was sure that my heart wasn't going to explode, I called dispatch and asked them to call the highway patrol for me. Their response? I needed to do it. Sigh. Thanks anyway. (No, I didn't call; after the big dramatic swerving, he drove just fine.)
Finally, the interchange to my last freeway came up... and the SUV got onto the on-ramp. Well, there was NO WAY I was going to spend another 10 miles behind this guy. I passed him, and glanced over. Couldn't see the driver (I was passing on his right) but the passenger was holding her head in a very "I can't believe I'm in a car with this idiot" manner.
Yeah, I really needed that after almost 14 hours on the road...
Out of the blue, the SUV started swerving all over the freeway -- and I'm not talking "drunk driver, can't quite keep it straight", it was more like "driver having a seizure" or "complete steering failure". From the center lane, to the far right lane, back over to the far left lane, back to the far right lane again, back AGAIN to the far left, then finally screeching to a stop, half in the fast lane, half in my lane. (6-lane highway.) He was swerving so hard I thought the SUV was going to roll over.
I screeched to a stop about 10-15 feet behind him and put my emergency blinkers on. The car next to me also stopped for a few seconds, then went around the SUV. The SUV's reverse lights came on multiple times. He might have been trying to signal me to pass him, but there was no way I was putting myself in front of this nut.
Finally, after we've been passed by numerous cars, the SUV started moving again. I spent the next 10-15 minutes behind him. Once I was sure that my heart wasn't going to explode, I called dispatch and asked them to call the highway patrol for me. Their response? I needed to do it. Sigh. Thanks anyway. (No, I didn't call; after the big dramatic swerving, he drove just fine.)
Finally, the interchange to my last freeway came up... and the SUV got onto the on-ramp. Well, there was NO WAY I was going to spend another 10 miles behind this guy. I passed him, and glanced over. Couldn't see the driver (I was passing on his right) but the passenger was holding her head in a very "I can't believe I'm in a car with this idiot" manner.
Yeah, I really needed that after almost 14 hours on the road...
Deserted, I'm glad everyone is ok. Well, I'm hoping the other guy got home alright. We just don't know.
Sorry but that was an interesting mental image 
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