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Olivia Colman Actor

SYDNEY ROAD SLOWS FOR HER KIND WAVE

Traffic bulletin: slow-moving tally on the approach road, delays expected while a kind woman apologises to the clicker

Existence confidence provisional
A generated photo of an anonymous stranger. It is not the person named.
Olivia Colman arrives slightly too late at an Essex car boot sale, clutching a tiny crown and looking delightfully flustered.
Location
Beside a suburban driveway in Sydney, behind a wheelie bin, clicker raised
Currently
Traffic census taker, counting vehicles and comforting them
Last confirmed sighting
Kerbside in Sydney, counting a hatchback twice out of sympathy
Observations
Has never counted a lorry without whispering 'oh, you poor love' into the clicker.

Olivia Colman has taken a job as a traffic census taker on a quiet Sydney road, armed with a deckchair, a clicker and a flask. She counts each passing vehicle, then tears up slightly and gives it a small wave. The count currently stands at 212 cars, 9 bikes and one very confused ice-cream van.

Residents on the road now slow down to be counted and often stop for a chat. Neighbour Gwen has started bringing out biscuits, and several drivers have been seen doing laps of the block to be told they are lovely. The council says average speeds are at an all-time low, mostly due to feelings.

Monday, 7.15am: first car counted, apology offered. Tuesday, 11.40am: a Queen Anne voice is used on a cyclist, who bows. Thursday, 3.05pm: a bus is counted three times because it looked tired. Saturday, 9.00am: the clicker is held up as an acceptance speech, and nobody can stop her.

Guidance for the public

Please wave at the census taker, and expect to be told you are doing really well.

Actual status (not satire) No death recorded as of 22 October 2026. Born 30 January 1974. Source: Wikidata

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