As you pass through the lounge, you stop and switch on the TV. You flick through the channels, quickly landing on the national news network.
"...police are still searching for two unidentified men responsible for shooting dead PC Dean McEnzie and injuring two bystanders this morning during a failed jewellery store robbery in East London. It is believed that the two men are travelling north by car. Road blocks have been set up on several key routes, causing significant delays as police manually check each vehicle."
The news reporter's voice trails off into a mumble, as you begin to realise what you're seeing. The image on the screen shows a road block of heavily armed police officers stopping and searching each car passing down a three-lane motorway. The same motorway you were about to take...
You collect yourself, grab your map, and head for the car.