HEY, IT WAS AN EMERGENCY

HOOKSETT, N.H. -- A teen driver who pointed a flare gun at another driver ended up firing a flare into his own car, police said.

(Thanks to Poker and Unholy Slacker)

Comments

[Horace LaBadie]

He was making an example of it. That'll teach it.

[ligirl]

Send him to washington -

didn't john edwards get fired over his aflare?

[padraig]

Normally teenage males are remarkably accurate when firing flare guns from a moving vehicle. Was he also texting?

[Ms. Flukey]

With his flare for driving, are you sure he wasn't from Florida?

[Punkin]

I know when MY car is on fire, the first place I drive to is a GAS station.

And I refuse to acknowledge that this incident took place 4 towns away from me.

Idgit.

[Clankie]

That wasn't very bright.

[Ralph]

I went through the Hooksett toll twice yesterday; nobody was firing anything in the Easy-Pass lanes. Many NH drivers know better; the biggest gun shop in the state is in Hooksett ( http://www.rileysguns.com/ ), and they sell much more powerful weapons. This idiot was lucky he didn't fire at a customer.

[Steve]

If I, as a typical teenager, had set off a flare in my car, there would have been a fart-related explosion enough to enable a flash photo of the moon.

[Monique]

Let he who is without flare fire the first ... wait, I don't think that works.

[O the Umanity]

Aw, he's merely manic-depressive ... and had a little temper flare up ...

[Omniskeptic]

Police believe gesturing was involved, it says.