PriceRite and Jack Frost

I am ever so thankful for the woman who stopped to let me out of the PriceRite parking lot this evening. She took the time to be courteous even amoungst all the other Rochestarians who were driving home in the blizzard.  I would however, like to say something to the umpteen 4 wheel drive trucks who drove past me.

I understand that you are very busy, and that your day at work was very long and stressful. I know that you cannot wait to get home to play on your wii, or eat your gourmet dinner, or stand on your head and eat ice cream. I know that you are a busy in demand being, and that your life matters.  This however, does not give you the divine right to make your own driving lane on a 2 lane road amidst a blizzard.

What I would like to say to you, is that my life also matters.  After all, I was also planning to go home and eat some soup and obsess over my facebook until my eyes were teary.  For that very fact there are really only 2 possible excuses I will accept for putting my life and the lives of everyone else in danger.

Excuse number 1:

Your wife is in labor and also laying across the backseat of said 4 wheel drive vehicle. If you do not make your own personal lane of traffic, she will not make it to the hospital in time.  You have no medical training whatsoever, and so that makes you the most inadequate midwife ,especially while operating a vehicle. You must reach the hospital before she is 10 cm dialated and she is now at 9.5.

You sir, are excused.

Excuse number 2:

Your sainted 92 year old grandmother is laying on her deathbed just a few minutes from Jesus, and she is holding on to this life to tell you the secrets of life. 

You sir, are also excused.

To the rest of you; Shame.  You should know better.

Thank you for listening, and in the future please remember; This is Rochester. You have absolutely no reason to drive irresponsibly in the snow. 

And now, once again, I would like to thank the sweet woman in the tiny car who let me out of a parking lot, even though the traffic was bumper to bumper.

I also would like give an honorable mention to the cop who gave me grace while passing through a yellow light that may or may not have turned red mid-turn.