[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 10, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HELPING A DRIVER IN THE SNOW

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I might just add for the benefit of my 
colleagues a little story that occurred the other day when my wife and 
I were walking over here on Monday and it was pretty scarce around 
here. The snow plows had not been active at all on the street that we 
live on even though it is a street that offers bus service. We are only 
about 6 or 8 blocks away.
  We came over and went through the mail and did a few odd things, as 
we have been doing each day since. Going back I noticed a car was 
trying to get up a small hill. It was about a two-block hill. They were 
not having any luck. The more the driver pressed on the throttle, the 
more the wheels spun.
  I said I would be happy to get his car up to the top of the hill for 
him. So he got out of the car, and I got in the car and put it in 
drive, and very slowly eased up the hill. I noticed that there was 
another hill at the end of the first block. I thought, well, the best 
thing to do is take it up to the corner. And as I crept up the second 
block, I noticed the gentleman was shaking and beginning to run after 
the car.
  I stopped at the stop sign when I got to the top of the hill, and he 
said, ``I didn't think you were going to stop. I thought you were going 
to steal my car.''
  I said, ``No. I didn't want to stop at the first stop sign because we 
were still on a hill and you would have trouble.''
  He said, ``Well, I'm sure glad that you got my car up the hill.'' But 
he said, ``I was really concerned you were going to run away with it.''
  To end the story, he got in the car. I left. He went around the 
corner and got stuck again. I guess it is a hazard that is associated 
with so many experiences.

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