Hah, that's excellent. The hi-viz rather suits him, you could say he wears it well.

Perhaps he was singing 'The First Pothole's the Deepest.'

When Rod was asked to comment he said "I don't want to talk about it. Have you seen the rain?" Pushed to talk more about it he reckoned he'd soon be sailing along the road, the work was giving him hot legs and it's a heartache, but thought tonight's the night.

For a final comment Rod said "I was only joking."