When a salesman runs out of gas on a road in rural Pennsylvania, he is suddenly shot at by a farmer who thinks he is in a war.

A man in his thirties recounts two separate memories: being stranded in the middle of a blocked highway, and waiting for his partner inside an abortion clinic. Years after these events have occurred, he contemplates the similarities between them.

On an East Coast highway, four truckers get in a terrible car accident. Unable to rescue the injured driver, one of the truckers fires his gun in a mercy killing, then must suffer the consequences.