Originally Posted by Mike-in-Orange
You know, I really hate to be the voice of negativity here, but by stopping to double check the forum before leaving for work you actually put yourself closer to danger. Think about it - you said you were 30' from the intersection when the stolen car blasted through it in front of you. Had you not stopped to double check the forum you likely would have been 2 minutes further down the road and never known anything about this. Instead, they missed you by 30', which is maybe a fraction of a second.
No matter how you slice it, though, it does make you think about those seemingly innocent little things we do every day, and how they can make a huge difference in our lives when it comes to timing. Fate is an interesting thing.
It really only took me 30 seconds at most to check that post. The speed limit in my neighborhood is 20 which I always make sure I do in the morning. I am usually kinda groggy so I want to give myself plenty time to react in case something find its way in front on my car. I also would have slowed down quite a bit to turn in the direction the stolen car came from because there is a pretty good sized rain gutter that follows the larger street I would have turned off of. I actually paid pretty close attention to timing on my way to work this morning and that 20 seconds would have put me going around that corner.
Strange how a sudden urge can change your entire life!