Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Highway jam enters its 9th day, spans 100km (Global Times)

Traffic authorities were still struggling to cope with days-long congestion on a major national expressway, nine days after traffic slowed to a snail's pace, and nearby residents are profiting on the latest traffic snarl by overcharging drivers for food. ...

For drivers, suffering the congestion on the Beijing-Tibet Expressway is nothing new. In a similar scene this July, traffic was also reduced to a crawl for nearly one month.

Some killed time by playing cards, while some could only wait idly by.
And we think LA traffic is bad!
Read the full article here.

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