Their world crumbled; the cities exploded. A whirlwind of looting; a firestorm of fear. Men began to feed on men. On the roads, it was a white-line nightmare. Only those mobile enough to scavenge, brutal enough to pillage would survive. The gangs took over the highways, ready to wage war for a tank of juice…

–Voiceover prologue, The Road Warrior

Customer Forced at Gunpoint to Pump Gas into Suspect’s Vehicle

–Headline from this morning’s Salt Lake Tribune

You know how I’m always complaining that things aren’t turning out like the movies I liked when I was a kid? Maybe I ought to be more specific about which movies I’m talking about…