5 Sod's Law Annoyances That Have Scientific Explanations

In short: it won't.

Sod's Law itself is a product of humanity's natural predisposition to the negative. You'd probably never give your boiler a second thought until in breaks during a cold snap, or  remember the time you walked through your living room without stubbing your toe (unless you're doing that a lot, in which case it might be time for some feng shui).

Hundreds of studies have confirmed that humans have a hard wired negativity bias that is nigh on impossible to shake, no matter how sunny the disposition. We process negative experiences much faster than positive ones, tests have shown that from a very early age that we're much better at picking out an angry face in a crowd that a happy one, and we are much more likely to remember an experience that caused us pain or discomfort.

When you put it like that, it's easy to see how these traits could have been advantageous to us in an evolutionary context. Would it benefit us more to quickly recognise the placid gaze of a passing deer, or the cold, calculating eyes of the tiger crouched in the grass next to it? Now that we, for the large part, no longer have to contend with tiger attacks on a daily basis, this negativity bias is channelled into convincing yourself that the universe is punishing you via the medium of traffic lights.

So lighten up a bit, will ya?