  I'd rather be in palo alto... Why are there always abandoned cars on the side of the highway? I imagine these people, in the middle of their morning commute, deciding that they don't like where they're going. They slam on the brakes (inciting rage in at least four other highway drivers), pull their cars into the emergency lane (surely this qualifies) and calmly exit their vehicles. They look around for a moment and then head off into a different direction, perhaps someplace sunny... or someplace with grapevines. Today a friend of mine told me that those cars are probably stolen, stripped, and carelessly dumped by criminal elements. I don't like his story as much. 
