cause and effect

my car's supposed to be off the road 7 am to 7 pm tuesdays so today my mom and i took a cab going someplace.

nearing our destination, i asked the driver:  'are there traffic enforcers here?'

his reply?
'oh...  traffic's really heavy here even without an enforcer...'

eh?  wahaha...  the only reason i asked was because i was wondering whether i could have brought my car and still not get caught (aw, sorry, just a thought...).  his reply is an echo of the not so funny non-jokes i've heard so many times during traffic crawls:  'there's an enforcer!  so that's why it's traffic!'

they've gained a reputation for causing the traffic they are supposed to resolve...

not right...  : }