I guess the kid got his driver's license and actually listened to me.

I think it was last spring when one of the neighborhood kids was tooling around on some sort of pretty fast electric bike. He was speeding and fooling around on it and I know he blew a stop sign completely off.

The next time I saw him I flagged him down and told him the next time he had a few minutes I wanted to talk to him and give him a couple of tips and pointers. He said he had a few minutes then and there.

I told him I had been a professional criminal and had smuggled guns, drugs, stolen goods, untaxed gasoline and God knows what else and had gotten away with it for my entire life and had never even gotten a ticket.

When he asked how I managed never to get caught I explained to him that over 87% of all felony busts were the result of traffic stops. 

I told him that some I'd teach him how to drive drunk and not get busted.

Anyway, he slowed the electric bike down and seemed to act a little more responsible. 

Today he passed by driving at a reasonable speed in a car.

Maybe he's just doing it here but that's fine by me.

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