Nothing is worse than sitting in traffic, right? How about sitting in traffic for nine days?
A 100-kilometer-long traffic jam in China’s Heibei Province has left thousands of truck drivers stuck on the interstate heading towards Beijing since August 14. What’s worse, officials are saying that the jam could continue for up to a month!
The original jam was caused by roadside construction work, but has been made worse by minor car accidents and breakdowns. (See the 50 worst cars of all time.)
The traffic jam has sparked some entrepreneurial spirit for local residents, which has added to traffic-hostages’ annoyance. One truck driver complained that vendors were selling instant noodles for “four times the original price while I wait in the congestion.”
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In keeping with the current theme of Movies that Ruined the World, this reminds me of the Godard film “Weekend,” pretty much the only French New Wave film I can stand, with its memorable imagery of the apocalypse as one huge traffic jam, and the bourgois survivors being picked off and eaten by communist cannibals.
“Communist cannibals”
Isn’t that a bit redundant?
“Glidrock” – the newest brew in the Rolling Rock line, for those times when you know you will have a REALLY long wait.
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