A few years ago, local sheriffs got into a high speed chase with a bad guy. Speeds exceeded 100 MPH on a 40 MPH street. The driver who was being chased hit a friend's car (she was doing 40 MPH, he was doing 100 MPH while running from the sheriffs) flipping her upside down. She was taken to the hospital; fortunately she suffered no injuries.

Yesterday, local police got into a high speed chase with speeds exceeding 80 MPH in a 40 MPH speed zone. The culprit's car hit another car, totaling it. The people in that car had to be taken to the hospital while the suspects were taken into custody.

At the same time all this happened, I happened to be in the area and could have easily been in the middle of the entire mess. I'm thanking my lucky stars I happened to be a few minutes late to the party. When I arrived at the major intersection just north of the incident, police had already blocked it off to prevent other motorist from going into the area where the crash had JUST occurred.

I'm thinking a mobile police scanner might be beneficial. You could listen to the police scanner for high speed pursuits in your area so you could avoid getting into a collision.