RRS (ROADSIDE RECOVERY SERVICES) MAN IS UNDER A CAR BONNET FIDDLING WITH LEADS.
RRS MAN OK, let me try this one… Now this one… Now this one.
A LOUD EXPLOSION BOOMS FROM THE ENGINE!
RRS MAN Damn!
RRS MAN MOMENTARILY SLUMPS DEFEATED OVER THE ENGINE BAY AND IS CLEARLY FRUSTRATED WITH HIMSELF. THINKING QUICKLY, HE PERKS UP AND ADDRESSES THE CARS OWNER.
RRS MAN OK, mate, I’m going to need you to go round the back and open the boot.
OWNER NODS AND DOES AS HE IS ASKED.
RRS MAN CHECKS THAT THE OWNER IS NOW AROUND THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CAR THEN HE JUMPS IN HIS VAN AND SPEEDS OFF WITH SCREECHING TYRES, AS FAST AS HE CAN.
OWNER LOOKS BEMUSED.
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ROADSIDE RECOVERY MAN PART 2
EXT. ROADSIDE OF MOTORWAY. NIGHT. RRS (ROADSIDE RECOVERY SERVICES) MAN IS UNDER ANOTHER CAR BONNET FIDDLING WITH PIPES. WE HEAR A POPPING SOUND AND A STREAM OF OIL STARTS SPURTING FROM THE ENGINE UP INTO THE AIR.
RRS MAN Damn!
RRS MAN PUTS HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS, CLEARLY DISTRESSED. THINKING QUICKLY, HE PERKS UP AND ADDRESSES THE CARS OWNER.
RRS MAN OK, mate, I’m going to need you to go round to the back of the car and open the boot.
OWNER No can do, pal. The lock’s been jammed for 2 days, now. Hows about I borrow a screwdriver from your van and try to loosen it?
BEFORE RRS MAN CAN RESPOND, THE OWNER HAS WALKED OVER TO THE VAN AND STARTED GOING THROUGH THE TOOLS.
RRS MAN TAKES A FRUSTRATED LOOK AT THE OIL LEAK, THEN TAKES A FRUSTRATED LOOK AT THE CAR OWNER IN HIS VAN. HE THEN TAKES OF DOWN THE HARD SHOULDER ON FOOT, INTO THE NIGHT.
