ROD KER TON-UP TAXI SERVICE
'Do you realise we’re doing 100mph?’ I asked my driver, who happened to be the female half of the parental transport system, AKA Mrs X. Although she seemed pleased with her new Citroën Xantia, she was indignant about its present velocity. ‘No we’re not,’, she insisted, despite evidence to the contrary. I’ve heard of speedo error, but 50% was a bit excessive. Sneaking a belated glance at the instruments while scanning the horizon for jam sandwiches, she was plainly in denial. Make up your own African river jokes, but we were doing the ton, as I suspected.
My mum’s flagrant disregard for traffic law, in
