Ok maybe this can get through your rhetorical filters, maybe not. But then, so what, eh
I spotted an eighteen wheeler in my rear view mirror approaching me at the speed limit 55 mph who gave no indication of changing lane to pass or to take the right lane exit. When I was approximately where the front skid mark is pictured I bailed out towards the patch of concrete to my right between the road and the exit lane. A millisecond later the truck driver finally reacted to my previous presence in his path and slammed on his brakes. The skid marks are his his cab passed over where I would have been if i hadn't bailed. he ended up jackknifed in the medial strip. Broad daylight conditions.
Below is the view backwards from this spot which almost was the end for me.
One view with traffic, one without.
So tell me VC wizard; what are your words of wisdom?