Britney Spears drove her Mercedes-Benz into the back of an SUV in Beverly Hills yesterday, for a brand new record of two rear-end collisions in less than a month. The NY Daily News reports

Spears was idling at a red light on Sunset Blvd. when she saw cars moving in a left-turn lane and thought she had a green light, too. Spears hit the gas, slamming her white Mercedes into a red Ford Explorer. The star reportedly was texting on her phone while driving.

“Texting while driving” sounds a lot better than “her belly came unlodged from its resting place at the base of the steering wheel and crashed down on her driving leg, causing a chain reaction that ultimately floored the gas and propelled her into the back of the Explorer.” Which, judging from those pictures yesterday, is probably what actually happened.

Hiding the culpable belly beneath a giant purse yesterday: