Maybe Congestion Pricing Will Help

Very manly on the part of the one driver who backed down — and called the police! — once he saw he was outmatched:

Two angry drivers drew a knife and a machete in a confrontation with each other in traffic near the entrance of the Holland Tunnel in New Jersey yesterday morning, officials said.

A Port Authority spokesman, Steve Coleman, said one driver cut off the other driver under the covered roadway on Route 139.

The driver who was cut off jumped out of his car with a small knife, halting traffic, Mr. Coleman said.

In response, the other driver also stopped and pulled out “a large machete.”

Then, “the guy with the small knife, realizing he was no match for the machete, called the police,” Mr. Coleman said.