“Overtaking” the Oncoming Car Too Will Hopefully Not Become a New Thing

But that’s just in theory, because in reality there are countless variables to take into account that can creep their nasty heads out between any of those stages. That’s exactly why overtaking is one of the most dangerous maneuvers that a driver can perform on a public road and one that requires his full attention.

We can’t see what’s happening behind the car that’s filming so there’s no way of knowing if the Saab driver signalled his intention or not, but strictly for what’s about to happen in this clip, it’s totally irrelevant anyway. The important thing is that he checks in front to see if there’s a car coming.

To be fair, that’s where he makes his first mistake, as he fails to notice a slight bend of the road to the right that didn’t allow him to see that far ahead. Still, there was plenty of asphalt left until a car could pop out from around the corner, so his maneuver seemed legit at first.

However, as he pulls out, his overtaking lasts a bit longer than it should, enough for a white Nissan Qaqshqai to show its DLR sporting face on the opposite lane. In retrospect, it looks like the Saab had plenty of time and space to pull back in front of the filming car, but the driver's mind seemed to be made up before, and it said “go over to the left, even if that means hitting a ditch, it’s safer that way.”

By some miracle, in spite of the awful advice from his very determined mind, he manages to carry on and eventually makes it back on the right lane, continuing his journey as if nothing had happened. When in fact he, whoever was in the car with him, and the people in the white Nissan could all had been on their way to the clouds by that time.

There’s only one positive to take out of this encounter, and that’s that nobody got hurt. Apart from that, it was all just so... wrong.