[lbw]

I was once stuck in traffic on a downhill stretch
of road. The lights ahead were red and I had cars
both left and right from me.

I looked in my rear mirror and saw a Toyota Camry
screaming down the road with a lady in her 60s
driving. She saw the banked up cars late and hit the
breaks hard. I watched her in the mirror as if it was
slow motion. It was quite surreal. I had no where
to go so all I could do was wait.

She locked it up and her car comes about 25 metres
to a halt. There was smoke everywhere from her
tyres and pads. Fortunately, she didn't hit.
Once the smoke cleared, I looked back and she
was in shock!

I often wondered if you have enough time in those
situations to react and change lanes if necessary.
Having everything go past you in slow motion
certainly makes me thing there is opportunity to
do so.

Hopefully I'll never have to test my hypothosis.