JOLIET, IL - For about 15 minutes on Wednesday morning, hundreds of motorists heading through downtown Joliet along Cass Street were inconvenienced by a stubborn motorist who turned out to Joliet attorney Edward Masters, the retired Will County Chief judge . Joliet Patch was working out of the Jitters Coffee House at the corner of Chicago and Cass Street using their WiFi service and witnessed the entire incident unfold around 11:30 a.m.

Retired Judge Ed Masters sat in his car and refused to back up for the truck hauling a demolition crane.

A large truck was attempting to turn left from Cass Street onto Chicago Street to drop off a crane for this week's demolition of a professional office building across from the Rialto. However, the truck driver needed a couple more feet to make the wide left-hand turn. Several motorists behind Masters obliged. But Masters, who was at the stop light going north on Chicago Street, refused to back up. He sat in his car and rolled up his window and put his car in park for about 15 minutes. He just sat there.

Retired Chief Judge Ed Masters caused several blocks of traffic to back up late Wednesday morning.

The situation became a spectacle. Several construction workers as well as people in the downtown tried to approach Masters to reason with him, to get him to politely back up his car, but he refused to budge an inch.