Nothing to Lose
Though it was early in the morning, the driver who sat in her car beside me must have already been having a bad day. We sat at a red light of a four-lane highway intersection. Behind me, I noticed a cop car. I’d better pay attention to my speed while he is behind me, I thought.
When the light turned green, I began to accelerate. As the car beside me did so also, her car veered closer to my car. I honked once, but she continued to close in on me. I honked again to no avail. I stopped, afraid of the alternative. This is when we need cops, like the one behind me.
To my surprise, the cop behind me turned on his lights. I pulled to the side, in the midst of the intersection. The cop zoomed past me and pulled my neighboring car over.
Had I chosen to fight for my lane on the highway, I could have lost opportunities at achieving my goals due to money and time spent on repairing my car and anything else that might have been damaged, spending time with my husband, and other potential losses from having an accident in the intersection of a major highway.
Why did this woman have nothing to lose so early in the morning?