TOR usually doesn't focus on local issues expect ones that directly affect –and annoy- the author. We try to stay out of local political races, staying away from town ordinances and school and PTA issues but one thing we cannot turn a blind eye to are traffic issues. After nearly six years of living in Brooklyn, I believe I have come up with the reason for most of our frustration as a borough. The endless traffic we have to deal with from the four major bridges and one tunnel is completely miserable especially for those of us who live nearby the entrances of them. I have often wondered aloud why there aren't more police-officers on the streets directing traffic and less of them sitting in their cars talking on their cell-phones. One of the most maddening examples is the police car which is stationed daily at the entrance of the outbound side of the Brooklyn Bridge. This car has been stationed parked in the right lane of the bridge since 9/11 and I'm sure the reason is to prevent somebody from detonating a bomb over the bridge but the only practical purpose seems to have is to slow-down traffic on an already exhaustingly overcrowded crossing. See the cop-car is located on the span, not in front of it so god-forbid there was an attack the would be bomber would already be on the span. I can't say I know the ins-and-outs of counter-terrorism but it doesn't make sense to set up a TSA metal-detector inside the airplane which becomes operational only after the plane is airborne already.
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