And I would suggest that the problem 'people like YOU' is that you (unlike me) fail to look at a situation from the other perspective. I'm happy to ask 'why' to anyone about anything, thanks very much (I'm a journalist, FFS!), but I'm also fully aware that I am no expect in road traffic...
You're giving a lot of motoring journalists far too much credit with that statement :glare:
If the road needs to be closed, it needs to be closed. After the Shoreham Air Show crash, the A27 flyover was shut for WEEKS and, while it was very annoying for some, it was completely understandable...