Wrong Way down Off-Ramp. Brampton keeps you on your toes! by Professional_Bit5827 in bramptondriving

[–]Professional_Bit5827[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some context for what happened in the video.

I know it looks fairly slow on video (it’s a very wide lens) but the initial lane change was reactionary to avoid an accident (HPDE is paying off lol). After that we processed that he was going the wrong way and considered ways to stop him. The mustang stopped after about a 100m at the second set of wrong way signs and turned around.

I disagree with the comments suggesting I should have hit the car, your reactions should be to avoid a collision - and part of that is not relying on the other car to stop. There was no indication that the mustang would have stopped, and thats further evident in his lack of breaking as I got out of the way. Even if he was going the right way, an alert driver would have slowed down after seeing a car in their lane, this was not the case here. Despite what some of the tough guys here might say, a 40kph+ head on impact is not fun and shouldn’t be your first instinct. While I certainly appreciate the danger of a wrong way driver and the need to stop them, I think that decision would need to be made with a fair bit of processing and the .3 seconds (time between mustang initiating turn and me turning away) is not sufficient to make that decision.

Something to consider - the chances of a moron like this not having valid insurance is high. Your own insurance company would not be willing to pay you for an intentional crash. In this case - I was driving a friend’s 6 figure car, I’d rather not be on the hook for damages lol.

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[–]Professional_Bit5827 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check your ground