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Rush hour. Great. The road I had to take home from the airport was crowded during light-traffic hours. At rush hour, it was a six-lane nightmare. Add to that a light drizzle, and the last 45-minute leg of my business trip promised to be the least pleasant of a long journey.

Seeing police cars near the traffic light about 100 yards ahead, I lightly tapped my brake. Though I was only going 30, it wouldn’t hurt to slow down well in advance of whatever commotion awaited. My car started to skid just a fraction and in a surreal instant slipped into the median, bounced once on the grass, and came hurtling up into traffic on the other side of the highway.

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