Sunday, August 20, 2006

Small Town Hustle

Did a job out past Yass, in a place called Temora. about 4500 villagers all told. the vibe was very different, but it was a nice enough digs to spend a night in, and folks all seemed acquainted with each other. I even got some thesis work done before we headed out, which probably shows more about the shock I got in friday's class than anything else.

Small town cops though, the worst kind of hustle on the worker driving the van. an RBT round the bend from a rail crossing, and when you don't blow over, they bust you for not coming to a complete stop, what with watching the crossing from behind the trees and all. as if you couldn't see the wheat freighters when you'd rolled almost to a complete stop. Just enforcing the law my ass. if you want to bust the drink drivers, park somewhere where it matters, before they wreck themselves on the traintracks. after them, you're just picking on drivers who were aware enough to slow down at the crossing, and too damn late to held the idiots who swerve into the cargo. posted by Keegan at 9:01 pm

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