You're heading home. The air-conditioner's on and so is the stereo. Each curve offers a different pleasant landscape. And then it happens. The road straightens out and widens into a funnel.
Traffic is backed up so far it's hard to see the toll plaza looming ahead.
You can't back up. You just have to keep inching forward. You turn off the AC and open the windows. The hot, thick, exhaust-fume polluted air pours in. As an engineering marvel, the Garden State Parkway is a source of pride for all New Jerseyans.