The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
I had to laugh at this video clip. In England, traffic wardens are equipped with clamps to immobilize vehicles that park illegally. The traffic warden below had obviously had enough with scofflaws in police uniform, so . . .
The thin blue line just got a bit squiggly, if you ask me!
Peter
I could see where Tolkien got the inspiration for the officious officials in the Scouring of the Shire chapter of The Lord of the Rings.
They sound like they have some history as well if you listen to the conversation.
As someone who has been given a warning for "failure to yield to an emergency vehicle" I support this.
Also, Dude – if your woo-woo light isn't going flashy-flashy, it's just an ugly car.
Gander, meet goose…
So both sides of the pond are policed by pompous a-holes.
I think these wheel-locking devices were invented in Denver and called the "Denver Boot"…ahhhh, they joys of living in a city bureaucratic overreach