Yesterday I was reversing my car out of a parking space. There was a large SUV to my right, blocking my sight. As I reversed, the brake hit hard on my car, taking me by surprise. My foot had been resting lightly on the brake, I hadn’t moved my foot. Something invisible had intervened.
The moment the supernatural intervention happened, I saw why. An electric scooter wizzed past the back of my car. Had the brake not been activated, I could have killed the person.
Yes, my car has a system where it automatically brakes if I’m about to bump into something. But this only happens after a beep-warning and the braking is more gentle. The sensor does not activate on objects that quickly and suddenly appear from the left or right. It was abrupt, hard and without warning, as if some invisible foot had stepped in. And the same thing happened to me in the 1990s, long before automatic brakes on normal cars.
In summary: Something “up there” was strictly opposed to this person having an accident and me causing it and temporarily suspended my free-will on our behalf. For that, I am grateful.
