Basically it was pulling out of a parking a lot, cutting across 3 lanes, and then attempting to merge into the flow of traffic going the opposite direction.

I'm not doing a good job of explaining it, so here's a visual:

   V V V 
  | l l | l l |
  | l l | l l |
         ↑
  -------·
  | l l | l l |
  | l l | l l |
         ^ ^ ^