On Tuesday I saw a convoy (feck the exact term for this type of convoy
escapes me ATM) - I was on the Gore Hill expressway, and first noticed
what looked like someone being pulled over by a police motorcycle,
heading in the opposite direction to me (heading for the Harbour
Bridge). The cop was wildly gesticulating for drivers to get off the
road and onto the narrow shoulder there. There appeared to be a fair
bit of confusion, and the first 2 cop-bikers were going nuts! I then
noticed another cop bike, and then another............
They were traveling pretty quickly, and I realised what was coming.
Sure enough, there followed about a dozen vehicles, including regular
length Lincoln Town Cars, 2 stretch versions, a couple of Suburbans,
and a couple of 'pick-ups' with what looked like tall, armored
'paddy's' in in the tray. All vehicles were black with black windows.
They would have all been doing about 100km/h in very close formation!
I know there are plenty of drivers out there who suffer brain-fade
whenever they encounter emergency vehicles (like, come to a complete
halt in the middle of the road, thinking that this helps), but
emergency vehicles wouldn't normally be traveling at such speed, and
in this case they really didn't have much of a chance to work out what
was happening!
I assumed it was Dick Cheney at the time, but have since found out he
only arrived within the last 2 days.
I'm wondering who the f.ck is so important to justify this type of
sanctioned madness? (The PM usually travels in white CommCars with #1
plates).
The whole scene made me think of George Orwell's 1984!