A completely random first post

Last night a car and a mailbox had an argument and the car won, sort of.  The photo will show you what happened to the mailbox, which belongs to my neighbor across the street.  The car, which I did not get a picture of, was a red Toyota Yaris, so by now means a large vehicle.  So you can only imagine how fast said car would have had to have been driving to do this to a brick mailbox.  The mailbox was broken in two pieces and drug under the car for a bit.  On the right you can see the hole where it used to stand.

What is really interesting about this little accident is the "story" behind it.  The teenager driver of this vehicle claimed that school papers flew up and blocked their view causing them to run off the road and into the mailbox.  I'm sorry but I ain't buying that piece of fiction.  I'd bet dollars to dimes that this teenager was texting and not paying attention to the road.  If I was that kids parent I really think I would have to check their  text message on the phone to prove/disprove my theory.  Texting vs flying papers aside, this kid was going WAY TOO FAST down a residential street where there happen to be kids playing most afternoons.  My kids are too young for bikes and the street and whatnot, but my next door neighbors and the kids across from them are about are out there all the time.  Parents of driving teenagers, tell them to slow down and put that phone away!