The Tunnel Ahead

While driving on the highway, there is no privilege of autonomy.

Tom, his pregnant wife Jeannie, and their four children leave the New York metropolis to enjoy a day of leisuretime at the heavily crowded beach, far away from their regular stringent life shifts. After what passes for a pleasant afternoon, their compact car, which includes the standard dashboard tranquilizer drawer, takes the family back home to the city. Like all holiday-goers, it must pass back through the 8,500 foot-long Tunnel: the cleanest, most modern and least discriminatory form of population control.

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