wrong way driver
Opposite-lane motorist hazard
A wrong way driver is someone operating a vehicle against the flow of traffic, typically on a highway or divided road.
These drivers usually enter via exit ramps, often due to intoxication, confusion, or poor signage.
The term appears frequently in traffic reports and news coverage of collisions: Police are warning of a wrong way driver on I-95.
- highwayMajor road for travel
- divided highwayRoad with separated lanes
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- headlightsFront vehicle lamps
- dangerExposure to harm
accident · oncoming · freeway · exit ramp · reckless · panic · close call · swerve · fatal · drunk · impaired · crash · speeding · high speed · split second · exit · ramp · confused
- driving hazardspotholes, black ice, debris, road debris, icy roads
- traffic hazardsspeeder, tailgater, red light runner, road rager, lane weaver
direction compliance
wrong way driveroncoming traffic
wrong, wrongly, wrongful, wrongfully, wrongness, wronged, wronging, wrongs, wayward