It's a Dara Happan thing.
Wagoners are responsible for the wagons within the city. The
wagoners can be seen directing traffic, collecting imposts for
the goods carried, and checking wagon wheels for perfect
roundness. This last duty seems strange, but the wagoners
explain that if inferior wheels are permitted, then spiritual
pollution and horrible calamities will result.
Glorantha: Intro p108
The RW parallel was with traffic cops and testing of smoky cars.
>Its one of *those* skills, that make you suspect an arkati trickster
>shaman was let loose among the page proofs.
One of the three categories certainly applies but I dunno about the other two.
--Peter Metcalfe
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