Surveyors habits

Oops. Just read this to the wife and she tore into me.
A universal problem, just a law unto ourselves.
You've probably worked out you aren't on your own.

Memo to self. Don't share all things with wife.

Its okay officer, I am a surveyor.

I call it the power of the Orange!!

While I was a government employee there happened to be a rash of accidents with State maintenance vehicles and the travelling public. Most of these were either pothole repair or trash can emptiers. The investigations revealed the State vehicles were using the shoulders as a staging area and entering traffic quickly without accelerating to proper speed before merging to a driving lane. Nevertheless, our Transportation Secretary saw fit to act and issue a mandate to ALL state employees prohibiting parking state vehicles within the R/W.

As uninformed leaders usually are, well, uninformed...his office actually meant to prohibit state vehicles from parking on the roadway. Parking within the R/W is generally pretty darn necessary for maintenance vehicles AND survey vehicles. After a week a new (and corrected) directive was issued.

I kept the first letter prominently displayed on our bulletin board for about a year before the BIG boss made me take it down. B-)

This topic has caused me to reminisce.
Also, as a Government Surveyor, I was driving to work one day in my vehicle (we used our own and were paid an allowance) along a stretch of road being upgraded and in a special works speed zone.
A vehicle came up behind me and started to overtake. I sped up slightly when he came abreast and waved for him to slow down.
Well he did but only after waving his police authority at me. It was a bit comical as neither were put off by each others antics.
Anyway. I stopped and he got out and was just about to read the riot act and whatever else when I poked my little authorisation as an agent of the Crown under his nose. It was just like his pretty authority card but mine was gold embossed with the Government of Tasmania prominently emblazoned.
I was then in the box seat and advised him to observe our speed limits.
A true story of a young, brash (amongst other things) bloke taking on the might of the local constabulary.

Another time I was heading home for the weekend and I got a puncture on a busy highway and at a rather bad bend. I was just around a sweeping corner and in a place of limited width.
I had a boot (trunk?) full of gear complete with 'Surveyors on road' signs.
I whipped a set up and proceeded to change my wheel and move on.
The signs definitely worked

Richard, post: 329901, member: 833 wrote: This topic has caused me to reminisce.
Also, as a Government Surveyor, I was driving to work one day in my vehicle (we used our own and were paid an allowance) along a stretch of road being upgraded and in a special works speed zone.
A vehicle came up behind me and started to overtake. I sped up slightly when he came abreast and waved for him to slow down.
Well he did but only after waving his police authority at me. It was a bit comical as neither were put off by each others antics.
Anyway. I stopped and he got out and was just about to read the riot act and whatever else when I poked my little authorisation as an agent of the Crown under his nose. It was just like his pretty authority card but mine was gold embossed with the Government of Tasmania prominently emblazoned.
I was then in the box seat and advised him to observe our speed limits.
A true story of a young, brash (amongst other things) bloke taking on the might of the local constabulary.

Another time I was heading home for the weekend and I got a puncture on a busy highway and at a rather bad bend. I was just around a sweeping corner and in a place of limited width.
I had a boot (trunk?) full of gear complete with 'Surveyors on road' signs.
I whipped a set up and proceeded to change my wheel and move on.
The signs definitely worked

Richard, I think I have been communicating with Aussies too long - I understood everything you said without the translations...:-D and yes, boot is trunk.

Teresa I reckon you have. Hope they look after you.
Take great care.