Hola, Amigo

Met a new friend this weekend. Well, maybe I didn't exactly meet him, but I saw him in my rearview mirror just before he smacked me in the back bumper at about 30 miles per hour. I would have chatted while we swapped insurance info, but he was in too big a hurry to get away since he was both "undocumented" and drunk as a skunk. Cops caught him a quarter mile down the road when he hit a stone fence and knocked the wheels from under his car. Since it was just after lunch on Sunday, there were kids playing nearby. Thank God none were hit. My new Hispanic friend was cuffed and hauled to jail before we had a chance to talk. Cops say he didn't have a license, but app.eared to be insured. Let's hope that miracle turns out to be true. Meanwhile, here's today's tip for safer motoring...if you hear some really loud salsa music coming in your direction, don't wait until the car is in your rearview mirror to duck...just pull off the road and call it in. Believe me, it will save a lot of time and trouble. I'll let you know how this case progresses. And call me cynical, but from what the cops said, if the guy bonds out, chances are he won't be here any more when the case goes to court. LIfe in America, I guess.