Sweet Justice!

A great thing happened Saturday evening.

We were coming home from church, driving south on I-35 near Lamar. I looked in the rearview mirror to see a large red truck, operated by a gentleman and his cell phone, had positioned itself inches from our bumper. We were going 65 in a 60 mph zone, in the middle of three lanes, so I didn't feel any duty to speed up.

The man swerved his truck to the right lane, gunned the engine and briefly tailgated a car in that lane. His frustration mounting, he swerved back to his position behind me, then quickly into the left lane, where he sped away.

I turned to Rachel and said, "Wouldn't it be great if he's so distracted by that cell phone that he speeds past the state trooper who got on I-35 in front of us a few miles back?"

And so we watched as the red truck cruised south on I-35. And we saw the state trooper driving in the left lane about a half-mile ahead. And wouldn't you know it, that red truck sped right past him. And…wait for it…

Those familiar red lights began flashing. The trooper pulled behind the red truck. Both vehicles veered to the side of the road. And as we passed by, I slowed slightly, rolled down the window and saluted Kansas' finest with a big thumbs up. Sweet justice!