The Worst Traffic Jam Ever Enters Its 12th Day
August 26, 2010 by Tyler Lipa
Now entering it’s eleventh day, a traffic jam in China near the Beijing area has become one of the worst ever. The traffic was recorded going at about a half mile per day, or 0.02 mph. The cause is the overburdened traffic system in China, mixed with road construction that is scheduled to last until September 17th.
Due to the traffic jam, there is no guarantee that the work will even be completed at all. Drivers are unable to abandon their cars and have been forced to buy food from vendors charging up to ten times the normal price for simple items such as water and instant noodles.
With no end in sight, the question now comes down to what happens when all of these cars run out of gas and thousands of cars are simply abandoned as drivers become too frustrated to stay with them. Surprisingly, no incidents of road rage have been recorded yet. Just imagine if this happened in a major U.S. city?
UPDATE: According to reports from MSNBC, the traffic jam has “vanished”  overnight.
