So this is what the high gas prices have come to? Young bucks reasoning "oh no evil clowns will eat me if I stop at a stop sign or at an intersection I must show my freedom and liberty and run down the pedestrian blocking my way by walking on the sidewalk instead, or in the crosswalk. Or else terrorists win or something." My life was endangered twice last night, and all I did was walk in a crosswalk, observing traffic (which did not observe me nor a stop sign in return), and on a sidewalk, which was slightly inconvenient to some driver who could not handle a red light at an intersection. They drive crazier than Margot Kidder on my front lawn.

I've never been that kind of a driver: what goes on in their minds other than a whoosh of air? Do they think exactly as I've described in the first paragraph? Is it a chromosomal or hormonal malady I need to be more compassionate toward? Did the blind or hard-of-seeing win their emancipation to commandeer heavy motorized vehicles unattended? Can someone tell me how much money they save on gas by foregoing stoplights at intersections and just veering off through gas stations, or by disregarding stop signs? Is that what saved America from the 1970s gas crisis -- driving like over-entitled jackasses?

I'm going to ask the Mayor's Office how they expect people to choose to go green through bicycling or walking if 'speshully entitled drivers' are endangering them through illegal driving. Do you get a 'speshully entitled' designation for an extra fee at the licensing office? 'Oh I am above stopping for pedestrians who are visible in crosswalks and sidewalks in daylight' -- who sells those decals? Is the idea to free up resources by killing off some of our citizens? I don't think I should be killed off: I contribute consumption, business, and property taxes to my local government, and I think my government therefore should protect its tax base.