I cannot understand how anyone who has felt the sting of high gas prices, idled on crowded interstates and watched news reports about global warming, oil shortages and rising asthma levels can drive anything but a fuel-efficient, low-emission vehicle. Recently I was at a traffic light in my 2004 hybrid Prius, and for a moment was surrounded—in front, to the side and behind—by two Hummers and another monstrous SUV. None were carrying passengers and, through the tinted glass of one of the Hummers I could see that the driver was on her drivie-talkie. It was a bit scary being boxed in like this, feeling like an ant in a blindfolded elephant stampede. I wanted to yell out my window: "Hey! Next time, how about driving your car instead of your house?" And to the gal on her cell: "Shut up and drive!"
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