Is it societal, as in “North American” to treat the roads better than we do the sidewalks? We plow them regularly, keep them salted, clean, safe. By doing so we are placing our priority on the automobiles that drive on the roadways, while burdening the people on their pathetic pedestrian walks.

I know people who are more concerned with getting their car gas than they are eating a good, healthy, lunch. They spend more time taking the car to get tuned up, and having regular maintenance, than going to the gym or going to any sort of doctor for their own regular check-up. When was the last time you had your oil changed?

I was walking on an overpass a few nights ago, and the snow, from the road, had been plowed so covering, completely, over the sidewalk, that it actually banked up to about half a foot from the rail. Staying off the busy road, I realized I was 1/2 a foot from slipping 40 feet onto one of the world’s busiest highways… and there was a mother and her kids on this too – but we decided the people driving fast in their cars still had priority.