China traffic jam: 100 km long, 13 days old

[SciD]

The World This Week

You might have gone mad stuck in 13 minute jam.

 

[Chewie]

I saw that in the news

A whole economy's grown up around the traffic jam, with merchants going from car to car trying to sell their wares.

 

[AkshayS]

That's just sick, I'd have died there in a day.

 

[Afriditown07]

That's what happens when your country's massively overpopulated.
Sucks to be the drivers

 

[Jocar83]

lol. Funny stuff. Way too many people in that country.

 

[pcfan123]

Understatement of the year

Cousin just came back from a business trip to Bejing, said you can't go anywhere without being surrounded by at least 2-300 people. Even a small coffee shop with have at least 50-100 people in it at all times.

Also said that downtown Beijing is beyond any downtown in any city. Its enormous, even compared to LA and NYC

 

[sachin_rocks]

That's just sick, I'd have died there in a day.

If i had a laptop with a good internet connection i would have been happy

 

[Chewie]

You'd have run out of battery

 

[sachin_rocks]

You'd have run out of battery

I would charge it using the surrounding car's battery whose owners have run away to coffee shops

 

[Varun]

I would charge it using the surrounding car's battery whose owners have run away to coffee shops

And then the traffic would never clear up, because no vehicle will move, thanks to you draining their car batteries.

 

[Chewie]

Imagine using a whole heap of leads to connect all the cars batteries in series and jumpstarting them all at once.

 

[sachin_rocks]

Imagine using a whole heap of leads to connect all the cars batteries in series and jumpstarting them all at once.

That would be interesting

 

[singhy44]

Atleast they didn't eat or kill each other...

 

[Themer]

Jesus, this traffic jam is still there. Not sure how many days it has been now but its ridiculous

 

[pcfan123]

Atleast they didn't eat or kill each other...

its not over yet