Warp wrote:
>   Also, car accidents often close the *entire* road instead of closing
> just one lane.

At least around here, you get "gaper block", where the traffic going the 
other direction is hindered by all the people slowing down to look at 
the accident. :-) So it's even worse than closing one direction.

My favorite traffic report was the truck on the George Washington Bridge 
(into New York City) full of roofing nails that rolled over. The GWB is 
a two-level bridge, the top level leaving the city, the bottom level 
entering, with tolls on both levels. And the top is grill-work to make 
it weigh less.

By the time they figured out it was roofing nails that spilled, every 
lane in both directions had dozens of cars with four flat tires blocking 
the toll lanes.

The truck rolled before 8AM, and the bridge was still f'ed at evening 
rush hour.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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