Some years ago, the kids and I were returning from a
Def Leppard concert in a nearby city. It was late at night and the kids were
fast asleep. I still had two hours of driving ahead of me when we were
surprised by quite the snowstorm.
As the visibility on the road deteriorated, I was
reminded of a story I had read years earlier. The story had appeared in an LDS
publication, probably The Ensign. It might have been a transcription of a
General Conference address, but these decades later, the name of the speaker or
writer has long since escaped me.
The author of the piece related a story that likewise
involved driving in a snowstorm, and was, if I recall correctly, intended to be
taken as an actual event. As he drove, the intensity of the storm increased and
visibility suffered, and the narrator started to be concerned for his safety. As
luck would have it, he came upon a large truck travelling in the same direction,
and decided to follow closely in its wake. The truck driver, the author
reasoned, had a higher vantage point and consequently had a clearer view of the
road ahead. The author further reasoned that as long as he could see the lights
of the truck he would be safe. He didn’t need a clear view of the road, he
needed only a clear view of the lights, because the superior vantage of the
truck driver was sufficient to ensure the authors safety.