Terrified woman looking with scared expression in front while driving car, having problems or accident on roadStudies show that the average American spends about 300 hours in their car each year. Many of us spend even more time than that in our cars, so we're bound to witness some wacky stuff go down at some point during any of those hours. We've learned about the Jalopnik audience's scariest moments behind the wheel, and we've learned about your craziest road trip mishaps, but now we want to know, what's the wildest thing you've witnessed while driving?The wildest thing you've witnessed doesn't necessarily have to be a negative event; the wildest thing you've witnessed while driving could potentially be something magnificent and beautiful, so I'm hoping to hear some good things as well as scary ones. Maybe you saw freeway traffic come to a stop to let a family of baby ducks cross the road, or maybe you saw someone make a heroic save after losing control, regardless of the nature of it, we simply want you to share the wildest thing you've witnessed while driving. Share your story in the comments! A woman's car burst into flamesAccident. A white car in an industrial area is on fire. The engine compartment is on fireI've spent a lot of time behind the wheel of a car, so I've seen a lot of strange and surprising things, but the single experience that I can recall being utterly bewildered by was watching someone's car burst into flames on the 710 freeway. I was driving in the left lane on the 710 freeway heading south, when I glanced over to my right and saw a cute green second-generation Hyundai Accent traveling alongside me. While I was glancing, I watched a burst of flames erupt from under the hood. In case you're wondering, yes, this car was not included in the massive Hyundai Kia engine fire recall from a few years ago. The young woman behind the wheel pulled over into the emergency lane and got out of the burning car, so my friend and I decided to pull over to make sure she was alright. She said she was fine, but that she was driving as normal when suddenly flames started shooting out of the air vents in the interior and then the burst of flames erupted from under the hood. She then went back to her actively burning car and casually grabbed her purse out of the passenger side. My friend and I asked if she needed help but she said she was fine, so we went on our merry way. I still think about how wild that experience was. What's the wildest thing you've witnessed while driving? Want more like this? Join the Jalopnik newsletter to get the latest auto news sent straight to your inbox, and add us as a preferred search source on Google.