I always put it into neutral when stopped in traffic, especially after a friend of mine who had an automatic accidentally ran into the back of another car cos he had left his motor in gear on the footbrake, leant over to get something off the back seat and hadn't realised his foot had eased off the brake. The car ran gently into the back of the car in front, didn't cause much damage but the other driver ended up screwing his insurance for all sorts (new bumper, whiplash, etc.).
A cautionary tale, methinks!!
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