The Price of Gasoline

[addy]

The solution to all the world's ills
that I was contemplating during the traffic jam at exit 37
was completely forgotten by the off ramp at exit 62. Is there a way you can compress this opening to two lines? It takes a little too long to get to the payoff, a tiny bit too much distance between the subject and the punchline
The sun makes feeble attempts to break through the grey/black not sure why "grey/ black"... the slash is kind of distracting for me, but i suppose that's just a style thing clouds.
This weather sucks.
The low gas indicator light turns itself on.
I know without counting that I have but $8.21 in my pocket.
Two gallons worth.
At a traffic light, some asshole is playing music I hate
much too loud.
If the light does not turn green soon,
I may have to kill him. I really like how this built up... not really a slow burn but boiling. Casual and brusque. And it threads back nicely to the beginning. a very entertaining read for me