The cop lost his life. Two hours of my time doesn't come close to the sacrifice he made.
2 hours times (perhaps) 20,000 cars (tied up in traffic is more than two hours of congestion.
In 1995, the police closed the Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River for 8 hours (not a funeral, but shows how congestion occurs) and the backup extended around the Beltway, North on I-95 and onto the Baltimore Beltway - that is 4-6 lanes of traffic 40 miles long. How much inconvenience did the folks whose rush hour drive extended past midnight experience?
