You are driving on the toll freeway at 80 miles per hour (around 130km/hr) and you suddenly have to stop because the traffic is backed up. You are able to stop in time as this is your daily route and you are familiar with the rush hour traffic and hence alert. However, you look into your rear view mirror to check out the car behind you and the chances of being rear ended. The vehicle continues to hurtle down the freeway and you have no way to make sure that the driver has seen your brake lights coming on and knows that you have had to stop (with the speed and distances on the freeway, it is not very obvious when a car slows or stops suddenly). Sometimes it is a big truck or a bus and you clutch the steering wheel unconciously preparing for the impact in the seconds before the vehicle finally stops just in time. You sigh in relief and move forward.
But isn't it all a zero sum game and your luck has to run out sometime?
But isn't it all a zero sum game and your luck has to run out sometime?
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