a cop out

When there's traffic, there's a traffic cop. When there's a traffic cop, there's even more traffic. The thing about them here is how they try to alleviate the traffic but ended up causing more of it. It's very common to find drivers saying, "Oh no traffic! Must be a cop at the lights!"

It's a tough life for cops. They get so much flack from us. Pity, some of them are quite cute. Oh you know, men in uniform. A stereotype but it's true.