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That gut-churning dread still haunts me whenever blue lights flash in my rearview mirror. Last Tuesday, it happened again – racing toward a critical client meeting when police strobes pierced my peripheral vision. My knuckles went bone-white on the steering wheel, heartbeat drumming against my ribs as I relived last month's $200 speeding ticket. That's when the alert vibrated through my phone mount: ACCIDENT AHEAD - USE EXIT 43. Three taps later, Traffic Camera VN rerouted me through backstreets

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