When a side view mirror reads “Objects in mirror may actually be closer than they appear”, you’d better believe it! One fine day almost became one terrible day when I cleverly avoided a near-accident situation. As I was driving mid-day on highway fifty in the El Dorado Hills of California, I glanced to my right rear view mirror and saw an object in the distance coming closer and closer by the second, who turned out to be a speeding motorcyclist. I was traveling in the first lane, and there was a driver next to me in the second lane traveling at the same speed as I. The motorcyclist, a risky driver, tried to pass us both by driving in between us. My 1996 Dodge ram mirror assisted me by raising my awareness of the risky driver, and I was able to speed up and switch lanes, avoiding a mess.