Postby Hasbeen » 05 Jan 2010 01:47
About 10 years ago my sons first car was an early 80s Ford Falcon.
There were a lot of them around here. Many were in excellent
condition, with hot motors, or 351 V8 transplants, driven by the
younger boys.
However, due to their being very hard to kill, many were mobile
wrecks, unregestered, probably not worth repairing, driven by the
drop outs. They also appeared to be the weapon of choice of the
drug fuled local crims.
It was virtually impossible for a young bloke to drive near one
nearby, low rent town, in one of these, after about 9.30 PM,
without being stopped & checked out by the law. As the boy had a
girlfriend near there, he got to know most of the local cops.
I was recently stopped by our law, at the main road end of our road.
One of the local farmers has done a sub development of about
800 acres, into 1.25, & 2.5 acre blocks. At the entrance they have
built a natty little round about/traffic calmer thing, in the
middle of an allready narrow road.
It is so tight that it is imimpossible to get through it, towing a
horse float, or driving even a small truck. They had to rip it out,
& rebuild it only 1" tall, so these vehicals could drive over it.
Most of our lady drivers of large 4WDs all drive over it
However it's a lot of fun flicking through it, & is a mecca for the
local hoons, who all try to get through it as fast as possible.
When I flicked through it in the 7, the other day, the car comming
towards me was a police car. They spun round, & chased me. I
stopped of course, [V8 Holdens are faster than 7s].
They accused me of speeding. ME! When I started discussing the fact
that, "the angular velocity of my cars nose sweeping towards them,
as I turned through the tight round about could have given them
this false impression", I saw their eyes glaze over. They warned me
to drive more carefully in future, & shot through. They obviously
did not want to spend hours in a court room discussing physics.
That, or perhaps it was the silver/grey hair that did it. Most
people don't believe thar us old farts can still be hoons.
Hasbeen
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