"what's behind you doesn't matter" unless it's the police

[twin turbo]

A rear view mirror can come in handy. I was coming up on an intersection in which the traffic light had turned yellow so I stopped at the intersection just as it became red. Out of habit I looked in the rear view mirror to see if the person behind me is paying attention. Sure enough this lady behind me was on her cell phone and looked up and slammed on her brakes. She was skidding and I could see she was going to rearend me. I glanced up and saw no other cars coming from cross traffic so I pulled out into the intersection to keep her from slamming into me. I like my rear view mirror. Cheers.