Stopped at a red light at a 4 lane intersection. We were in the far left "turn only" lane behind one other car. In the lane immediately to the right of that car was a tractor/loader/backhoe combo and to the right of him was an electric company truck.
Sitting minding our own business when we realize that the tractor and the truck are reving their engines and squeaking forward in the attitude of drag racers waiting for the light to go green at the start of the strip. At first I could not believe this because it made no sense in my brain... but sure enough, after continued observation they were definitely jockeying for position.
We cracked up... There is something extremely amusing in watching a piece of excavating equipment and a small box truck engage in the rush hour equivalent of "mine's bigger than yours". The guy in the car immediately behind the tractor didn't look like he was quite as amused as a 2 ton backhoe rocked back and forth 4 feet from his windshield amidst the sound of high RPM engine noise... but I can forgive him for that.
The light turned green... Predictably the box truck blew away the tractor, which, lets face it, isn't exactly built for 0-60... ever... and we were off again back into the commute. How often can you say you watched a box truck win a drag race though?
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