January 3, 2004
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Hot Car
Our alarm dog alerted us to another danger Friday morning. This time it was a cop.
When I poked my head out of the door, the officer asked me if I had seen anybody around the red sports car parked in front of the neighbor's property. I told him quite honestly that so many cars come and go in the neighborhood that I had given up trying to keep track of them and their owners. It was at this point that the officer informed me that the car had been stolen.
Pretty soon there was another police car there along with a tow truck that hoisted the car up on its back and hauled it away.
Delia hadn't noticed the car at all. Cathy had noticed it only because it was badly parked, blocking the access road beside our property.
The car seemed to be in good condition, not banged up or stripped down, so I assume some kids took it for a New Year's joy ride.
A brand new sports car can be hard to resist.
Comments (1)
Joy riding is especially bad in Britain in the inner city areas. The Government actually had to put a new law on the books to make children aware that joy riding was actually a crime. (I always thought there was a law for this before - theft, pure and simple - but, apparently, the kids were not aware that they were doing anything wrong.)
I'm guess I'm glad to be the age I am.
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