The Sink: The Last Days of Driving

Norman P. Goldman is a retired Civil Law Notaire (Notary) who also
specializes in Montreal history and culture.

Former driving instructor Wendel Messer has written a biting satire on
the insane driving habits of some Torontonians. As Messer sees it, road
rage is not monopolized by any one segment or gender of the population.
The banging of horns, the flashing of high beams, the leaving the scene
of an accident, and the running down of pedestrians and cyclists are all
the result of “mindless compulsive scurrying.”

The novel focuses on three principal rabble-rousers: driving instructor
Rufus; his father, Pappy, who was also a driving instructor; and Dr.
Radshak Abedni, a rehabilitated driver and offbeat friend. All are on a
mission to root out bad drivers, whom Pappy dubs Triffids. They even
suggest such drastic measures as shooting them from overpasses or
hanging them up on crosses over the Don Valley Parkway.

Dr. Abedni’s research reveals that the key to the Triffids is their
brains. They have no brains, or make little use of their brains, or
ignore their messages. Another theory advanced is that their brains have
been taken over by aliens. The Sink should be required reading for all
drivers.