Those Bad Ol' Iraqis?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by rkzenrage

It is not a traffic problem, there are not so many of them that they cannot wait for the normal flow of traffic to allow them to enter at their own pace.
It is our tax dollars being used inappropriately. You don't see cops being used at the grocery store on Saturday morning do you? No. Everyone waits and is patient like they should be.

Poppycock. The reason there isn't a cop at the grocery store on Saturday morning is not everyone at the store is leaving at the same time. There is a steady flow that's been anticipated and signs, signals and driveways planned accordingly.

Any time there is a function like a show, rodeo, circus, swap-meet, flea market, where there is surge flows, pedestrian crossing, or unusual changes in traffic patterns, the cops should and will be there.
Sometimes it's a condition of the issued permit, that the sponsor of the event pay for the increased traffic or pedestrian control.
That can be by reimbursing the police department or hiring private rent-a-cops/off duty police, directly.