Bogie at Nine O’clock!

By Al Vinikour  

How many times have you been driving on a freeway coming up to a construction zone where one or more lanes are being temporarily shut down? You’re paying your dues, sticking to the lane you’re supposed to be in, when all of the sudden you’re “strafed” at your nine o’clock position, not by a Messerschmitt or a MiG — but by a Volvo! Rather than wait for an opportunity to safely ease into traffic, this insensitive dolt goes as far as he can in the lane that’s about to end — because it’s moving faster — and is counting on some candy-ass to let him merge. “Mission Accomplished,” as far as the miscreant is concerned. And you don’t have to be a geneticist to deduce from his actions that his parents were brother and sister. 

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