LAST WEEK I STARTED MY MORNING COMMUTE @ 5AM. 5 MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE - I HEARD THE EQUIVALENT OF A 22 CALIBER GUN BEING FIRED IN THE CAB OF MY 2010 FORD F150 PLATINUM. ALARMED BY THE SOUND I SWERVED INTO THE ADJACENT LANE, THANKFULLY THERE WERE NOT MANY OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. I EXITED THE VEHICLE AND BEGAN A VISUAL INSPECTION, IMMEDIATELY, I SAW MY PASSENGER REAR WINDOW SHATTERED AND SMOLDERING IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER. AFTER A CLOSER LOOK, THIS APPEARED TO BE WHERE THE DEFROSTING MECHANISM WAS LOCATED IN THE GLASS. THERE WAS A METAL SUBSTANCE BEING LEAKED IN BETWEEN THE CAB AND THE BED OF THE TRUCK. I HOPE THIS WAS NOT LEAD OR MERCURY, IN MY CURIOSITY I TOUCHED AND THEN THOUGHT ABOUT THE OLD THERMOMETERS IN GRADE SCHOOL. *TR