I was driving to work this morning in the lovely N1 traffic, savouring the blue summer sky and daydreaming of sundowners at Clifton this evening. Suddenly, I realised that I was driving towards town and not Koeberg Rd so I drove over a solid line to get in the right lane. Shock, horror! A skinny white woman dressed in her full traffic cop uniform blew a whistle and pulled me over. I mean really, they are taking 2010 to another level - I was waiting for her to pull out a red card. Needless to say I was late for work and the traffic department have another R600 to add to their Christmas bonus kitty.
I admit I was at fault and will, of course, go to City Hall and plead student poverty as I am shortly returning to studentdom. Although I should commend the government that they are doing something right (as petty as it is), it enrages me that plebs like me get nailed while parliamentary entourages whisk past hassle-free on a regular basis and receive the harsh punishment of smiles and waves from traffic cops. I guess I'm just a negative Nancy who is struggling to be optimistic with our country at the moment. I am trying to avoid reading News24 or newspapers.
Perhaps I should have got out of my car and gone running with scissors, 'Edward Scissorhands' style or, even better, blown a Vuvuzella and seen how the uptight woman would have reacted...
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Terrence, you've hit the nail on the head. We are singing from the same hymn sheet!
ReplyDeletePerhaps more upsetting than anything else is that the vast majority of drivers flagrantly violate the law at will and intentionally (literally), and then some poor lost sod makes an innocent ZAR 600 mistake. For the love of battle-axe, what the dickens? Rape, murder, tik....no man, focus on what matters....traffic offences against those who can afford it.
Negative Nancy, you are right on tong.
It's Skat Norm, not Terrence!
ReplyDeleteMy god, there are only 3 contributors and norman henshilwood still can't keep up!
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