"Sometimes that works too well, which is even more dangerous than traffic flowing briskly. I've seen I-80 flowing at 65-70mph all of a sudden hit a wall of traffic. I was on my motorcycle and worried about unattentive drivers slamming up against me. Traffic was intense. 20 minutes of bumper to bumper crawling where I had to keep both feet on the ground so my bike wouldn't fall over. That slow. I thought there must have been a huge pileup with all but a lane or perhaps just the margin open. Nope. Just a cop car on the side of the road. Once we got passed it, back to 65-70mph."
And of course the oblivious asshat in the cop car doesn't come to the conclusion that he's a major safety threat to everyone on the road and should drive away.
And of course the oblivious asshat in the cop car doesn't come to the conclusion that he's a major safety threat to everyone on the road and should drive away. It was definitely a safety hazard. But even if the drivers avoided any collisions, it was a major inconvenience. Total waste of time, gasoline, and brake pads--and if you drive an automatic, think of all the heat generated in the torque converter shortening fluid life and possibly transmission life. For absolutely no reason.
When you go through such an inconvenience, it's really hard not to simply hate cops. Would have loved to see a traffic helicopter report on it. Avoid New Jersey if you can!