One Second Saved My Life

I almost died because someone was texting at a red light. I was sitting at a stop sign waiting

to turn left onto a busy street. Traffic was moving pretty fast, probably 50 miles

per hour. I waited for a gap, saw one coming, and started to pull out.

But something made me hesitate. I don't know what it was. Maybe I saw movement

in my peripheral vision. Maybe it was just instinct. But I stopped my

car right in the middle of the intersection. Half a second later, a silver SUV came flying through the

red light going at least 60. The driver never even touched their brakes.

If I had kept going, they would have T-boned me directly on the driver's side.