I learned recently (from a statewide database) that my H had quite a few speeding tickets all from around the time he began his long distance affair with OW. From there, he seemed to keep a clean driving record for several years. Now, I learn from my insurance company that he has been involved in a collision in the small town where he lives (I can't even fathom how he could possibly have a collision there). Shortly after I learned about it, he sent at home child an overly sappy and sentimental text. My guess is that the accident was somewhat serious based on the insurance company response and it scared him a bit. Can't say I'm surprised by this development and it jives with my faraway observations that he is suffering some pretty overt depression now. I'll be checking the criminal filings for a few weeks to see if anything pops up there related to this incident. My first instinct, and my lawyer's too, was that he was possibly intoxicated. I had already been questioning before the accident whether I would allow him to drive the child anywhere given the drug use and now drinking, and although he isn't asking to see the child, I confirmed that I could ask him to meet the child somewhere (public says my lawyer) in case he does finally ask to see him again.
