Sitting in a supermarket car park the other day (through necessity rather than choice - I am not that sad that I have nothing better to do with my life than sit in car parks for the hell of it) I couldn't help noticing that the car in front of me had a disabled sticker in the left hand corner of his window and an 'Unstable Load' in the right hand corner. This got me to thinking as to what disability would constitute an unstable load. My only conclusion was that it was a reference to the driver's mental state.
Since when has one's mental state had anything to do with one's ability to drive. If there was a law preventing anyone with a mental deficiency from driving then there would be no cars left on the road. If anything , being one cog short of a cuckoo clock is a requirement for anyone intending to get behind a wheel these days. The very principle of charging through streets too narrow to accommodate the amount of traffic at speeds far greater than nature intended for humans is a fairly alien concept to any rational thinker. To do so in little more than a tin can whilst sitting on a large tank on flammable liquid should set the alarm bells ringing in most well-balanced human beings. Not satisfied with that thought, let's all put our faith in 4 bits of rubber filled with air - now we are truly heading towards the land of the fairies. Perhaps all cars should come with an 'Unstable Load' sticker.
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