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Britney Spears was involved in a minor fender bender at around 8:15 Saturday night on the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles. Britney’s car hit the car of the guy in front of her in stop and go traffic. She tried to brake but it was too late, and she hit him at about 10-15 mph. That guy’s car then bumped into the car in front of him, but there was no damage to the third vehicle.
She passed standard sobriety test after causing minor accident
Britney was given a field sobriety test by the California Highway Patrol and passed, and apparently that’s standard procedure with a car accident at that time of night. She was not behaving as if she was drunk and officers did not suspect that she was.
The guy in the car Britney hit was 21, and he told TMZ that he was checking out Britney in his rearview mirror before she hit him and noticed that she was applying makeup. It wasn’t until after the minor crash that he realized who she was.
Britney did not apologize to the guy she hit, but her bodyguard did. She did mention that she was on her way to have dinner with her mom.
Why was Britney driving if she still had to do her makeup and was presumably late for dinner? She had a bodyguard in the car who just as easily could have driven for her.
What kind of makeup was she applying?
What I really wonder is what kind of makeup she was applying, because this is an important detail. It’s moderately dangerous to put on lipstick while you’re driving. You can do a little touch up without looking in the mirror if you’re careful and driving slow enough. Maybe you could apply some blush if it’s the stick kind, I love that type because it’s so convenient, as long as you do it without checking yourself out in the mirror, and don’t blend it until after you’re stopped.
But there’s no way you should ever put on concealer or any kind of eye makeup while you’re driving, because you can’t do that without seeing yourself, and that’s way too distracting. I will admit to putting on mascara twice while I was driving, because I was super late to something and was young and stupid enough to think that it was ok. I don’t put on any kind of makeup now while I’m operating a motor vehicle, probably because I’m older and less vain, but I also have a kid and he’s usually in the car with me. It’s just not worth the risk. You may as well be 10 minutes late.
What’s Britney’s excuse? She was just going to meet her mom. She gets her photograph taken everywhere she goes, but all she has to do is put on sunglasses and wait to do her makeup in the bathroom once she gets there.
It’s possible that a lawsuit might result from this minor accident. The guy Britney hit told TMZ that his back was hurting the next day. Oh please.
[Details from several reports on TMZ.com] Thanks to WENN for these photos of the accident.























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