The "Toe-Runner" phenomenon

I keep telling people about this and they always look politely attentive and make no comment.  Could it be they think I have finally gone fully crazy?

This all started when we lived in Waterview, Auckland, about 10 years ago.  We would take our dog "Carly" for a walk around the block.

We noticed that while walking down our quiet suburban street, sometimes a car would decide to come out of it's driveway, and "run across our toes", hence giving rise to the phrase "toe-runner".

Alternatively, on a street with no traffic, the minute we decided to cross the road, a car would appear from nowhere, and "run across our toes".

Ok, once or twice is coincidence.  Except we began to notice it happened almost every time we went out.

Then we noticed it applied to driving as well-you might be coming down a country road with zero traffic and some person trying to get out of their driveway, and you are holding them up.  This is a case of "reverse toe running"

Even now, if I decide to walk the 3km to work, there will be a someone trying to drive across my toes.

After a while, you suspect the universe is playing games with you......