cruising through the thickening sleet , cruising empty streets that were plated with the stuff , cruising without snow tyres ( and yet christine , incredibly surefooted , never missed her way or skidded around a corner , christine seemed to find the safe and secure way as if by magic , the ride as solid as it would have been if the car had been on trolley-tracks ) , cruising with the radio on , spilling out a constant stream of oldies that seemed to consist solely of girls ' names : peggy sue , carol , barbara-ann , susie darlin ' .