Watch that car!

It was maroon, moving towards us. "Car on the right!" I yelled to my gunner, standing in the hatch of our truck, "make him stop!"
Warnings were out about a VBIED, or car bomb, and every weirdly acting car was suspect. There was the taxi that makes me suspucious. What about that car on the on-ramp?
Nothing happens and we roll back through the gates. I calm down and breathe deeply. I start thinking about a nice nap in my hooch, some cold water in my fridge and maybe a couple of chapters in the book I have been reading.
All in a day's drive.