The shrill electricality of the scene is certainly appropriate to its content.

Were Niagara but a cataract of sand, would you travel your thousand miles to see it?

To lay / fish (up)on the grabble

In her haste, she sideswiped the 4x4 truck that was ahead of her as well as two other cars. “Help!” she yelled as she sped through the orange construction cones. “They're going to kill me!”