The aticle you read is correct. Anytime you are in a traffic situation you want to be extra vigilant. Keeping track of the vehicles around you and as much of the road ahead as possible. I am glad you found and exit and came out unharmed. Becareful out there.

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. Edgar Allan Poe