> Anyway my point is - don't you think me lawyering up for this would have been absurd? Isn’t this just hindsight bias? What if the situation wasn’t your mothe

> Anyway my point is - don't you think me lawyering up for this would have been absurd? Isn’t this just hindsight bias? What if the situation wasn’t your mother’s absentmindedness but your number being found in the phone of a murder victim? The “back and forth” with the officer leads you to confirm that you know and have visited the small town where this person was killed. So they ask you if you have ever visited the window tinting shop where they work, and you say no. What you don’t know if an eye witness incorrectly believes they saw you there, which makes you a liar in the LEO’s eyes. This issue isn’t “what if it turns out to be nothing”. The issue is that if it does turn out to be something, the consequences of not keeping your mouth shut are far worse than the minor “over reaction” when things end up being ok. Its like wearing a seat belt. You don’t do it for all the times you don’t get in an accident. You wear it because the consequences are dire in the case that you do get in an accident.