Idiot of the Day
In October, a Redondo Beach, Calif., police officer arrested a driver after a short
chase and charged him with drunk driving. Officer Joseph Fonteno's suspicions were
aroused when he saw the white Mazda MX-7 rolling down Pacific Coast Highway with
half of a traffic-light pole, including the lights, lying across its hood. The driver had
hit the pole on a median strip and simply kept driving. According to Fonteno, when the
driver was asked about the pole, he said, It came with the car when I bought it.