Weblog entry:
- I love Vacationland!
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My least favorite ride, however, has got to be the Traffic Jam™. My favoritest part of the whole drive back to Boston? Well, I got to see this brilliant plot in action:
- Cops dress up like construction workers.
- Cops mount two-foot long radar gun on a tripod, and pretend that it’s
surveying equipment
. - Cops-cum-construction workers create initiate a work zone speed limit of 35MPH, which promptly creates a two-mile backup in Labor Day weekend traffic, as thousands of motorists are forced to decelerate to the new speed in less than a quarter of a mile.
- Cops line five state trooper cars about thirty yards down from the
surveying equipment
pulling over cars exceeding the aformentioned 35MPH speed limit, thereby exacerbating the traffic jam (cf. step #3, above).
Only in New England, I swear.
Gomer-esque police tactics aside, the weekend was extraordinary. The weather was beautiful, and the lobster was as excellent as it’s reputed to be. More tomorrow — it’s great to be back online.
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- 01st day of September 2003.
- Filed under Story, Rants.
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