Did you hear the one about ...

... the truck and the car?

It all happened one snowy Tuesday morning while I was driving to a very early meeting. There weren't many others on the road, and the snow had all but obliterated the lane lines. Conditions required patience, understanding and common sense, all of which were clearly lacking for one character in this story.

Without traffic ahead to guide anyone, the car found itself driving in both the second and third lanes. The truck, which had already demonstrated its poor winter-weather coping skills by speeding out from a red traffic light, skidding on the road, and now making haste down a four-lane road, found itself in the second lane partly behind the car.

Apparently unhappy at not having a clear way through, the truck began to tailgate the car, blast the horn, and incessantly flash highbeam headlights. After about 15 seconds, the car found its way into the actual third lane. And with its path now clear, the truck floored it and skidded off, clearly victorious in its efforts to make a point.

You might ask, "With open lanes on either side of the car for the truck to overtake, why did it bully instead of pass?" Good question.

But that's what happens when you're impatient, insensitive and idiotic while driving on snowy roads in the very early morning on a Tuesday.

I'm just saying ....