"Community Service" (created March 2002) is the third deleted scene in Cars. According to one of the commentaries on the Blu-Ray release of the film, the scene was cut because it made the town folk look like crazy people.
Plot
Following the events of "Traffic School" (where Lightning is asked to do a race in Radiator Springs), he refuses, electing to do standard community service instead. He is sleeping in the impound. While he is sleeping, he has a nightmare. In the nightmare, Doc Hudson, Mater, and Sheriff have put his engine in a steamroller. He tries to escape by driving through the fence, and Sheriff chases him with his siren. He flips a switch on the back of Lightning, which turns on a machine that splats asphalt on the road. Then, another machine that sprays the yellow line in the middle turns on. In the whole sequence, asphalt gets splatted on the road, the steamroller wheels flatten it, and the yellow line gets painted. Also, Doc has put Mater's engine into Lightning's body, so now Mater is a racecar. He has fun being a racecar, and Lightning is worried he will wreck his body. Then, Mack comes back, and he mistakes Mater for Lightning. Mater gets into Lightning's trailer, and Mack drives away. Lightning tries to get Doc and Sheriff to get Mater back, but they want him to continue fixing the road. Lightning looks down the road, and there were lots of road to fix. Then Lightning really wakes up, and finds himself in his regular body. He sees the steamroller body on the side. He decides to change his mind and do the race instead.
Trivia
McQueen's steamroller design resembles what likely became Bessie.
The whistle sound effect is identical to that used for Sir Handel in the tenth series of Thomas & Friends.
