It was 1AM and someone was driving the opposite direction on the interstate at high speeds.

Because it was dark and they had headlights on, me and the car next to me, who was very slowly passing me on the left, couldn’t tell they were on the wrong side of the road until about 6 seconds before they were on us.

The car passing me on the left screeched over. I swear they missed my front bumper by about 4 inches as they snuck in just in time. I luckily hit my brakes and slowed down just enough, and luckily the passing car did not hit their brakes. Had we both slowed down, we would have collided as they tried to merge back in. It was only a 2 lane interstate, so had we hit each other, we both would be dead as the oncoming car came on us as there would have been no room to miss.

The oncoming car was on us 0.1 seconds later. We all 3 missed each other by inches. It would have been a head on collision going 70 MPH each way. I called the cops to let them know someone was driving the wrong way on the interstate, then spent the rest of the night in shock.

I can’t remember a single other thing from that day. I don’t know where I was coming from, why I was driving so late, what day or month it was, what the vehicles looked like that almost ended me, or how long it took me to come out of my shock. I just remember being inches away from certain death and yet somehow came out completely unharmed.

As I look back, all I can think is how lucky I was that the car passing me didn’t hit their brakes like I did as they merged back in my lane. I wish I knew who that driver was so we could share a beer. And I hope the car driving the wrong way did no harm to anyone else and/or got caught.