Confederate Sharpshooter

Apparently, I'm not the only person who really dislikes folks discarding cigarettes out the window:
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/5909644.html

Police are looking for a litterbug vigilante who reportedly posed as police officer to stop a woman who allegedly tossed a spent cigarette from her car window. Police said the unidentified man was driving a red pickup truck with a dash-mounted flashing blue light when he stopped the woman and told her he was an off-duty Maine State Police trooper.

Now, as funny as this may seem, it does raise a few safety issues, and the advice in the newspaper column is pretty good. And for all my friends out there who smoke, do us all a favor and use the ash tray, please. I still have a nice scar from someones smoke that got lucky and nailed my left arm back in the days when I rode motorcycles more than drove automobiles. And quite a few brush fires, including some big ones, started with a discarded cigarette. Note to the bandit: cops are very, very particular about competition. They don't like it. And they will have a very bad attitude if they catch up with you- and rest assured you are getting more detective time than just about anything else going on right now.