Next Time, Call the Auto Club

Dennis Wadsworth was driving through London when his truck ran out of fuel, so he parked and went for more. Police, finding the vehicle, issued a security alert: he had left it in front of 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister’s official residence. Wadsworth returned 90 minutes later to find the truck a heap of smoking rubble — police had blown it up as a precaution. “Against the background of IRA atrocities ...we had no option,” a police spokesman said. (Reuters) ...Oh, just a minute: here are your keys.