The most interesting facts about traffic jams

Residents of megacities and big cities know firsthand what a traffic jam is, especially during rush hour. This compilation will tell you about the funniest and most unusual facts about traffic jams that affect the major cities of the world...

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1. Every day, thousands… no, even millions of people spend a lifetime in traffic jams. This is a kind of tribute to living in a developing and relentlessly growing metropolis. Traffic jams are a problem faced by many cities around the world. Some to a greater extent, and some to a lesser extent. And the first fact is that, unfortunately, no country has yet come up with an adequate solution to the problem of constant traffic jams.

2. In India, often the culprits of traffic accidents are ... cows! Yes Yes. These animals are sacred to the peoples of India, and therefore honking, urging, or otherwise disturbing the peace of a cow, even if it has entered the roadway, is strictly prohibited. And there are many such cows on the roads of India, I can tell you. About 5 million animals just roam and calmly move along the busy roads of the country.

3. Large Russian cities faced traffic jams already in the 2nd years of the last century. Although traffic jams from horse-drawn vehicles were seen as early as the 17th century. To save the streets from overcrowding, in 1935 the first metro line was opened in Moscow. However, it cannot be said that this completely solved the problem, because. the growth in the number of vehicles on the roads again provoked the appearance of traffic jams, but the fact that the subway made everyday life a little easier with the simple task of getting to work is a fact because traffic jams in the subway consist only of people and they “dissolve” much faster than cars.

4. The longest traffic jam was recorded in 1980 in France. Its length was 200 km and this traffic jam was even included in the Guinness Book of Records. That day, thousands of people were moving home from the Alps. Bad weather conditions and dense fog complicated traffic and led to several accidents that blocked traffic on the highway. However, according to updated data, this traffic jam is still not the largest in the world. in China, there have already been more serious traffic jams.

5. This incident occurred in Pakistan when the motorcade of President Asif Ali Zardari completely blocked the road. At the same time, there was a girl in one of the cars, whom they tried to quickly deliver to the maternity hospital. But .... they didn’t have time! The girl gave birth to a baby right in the car, standing in a traffic jam. The president himself, having learned about the incident, proposed to develop alternative routes to prevent such situations.

6. In 2015, INRIX calculated how much our people spend in traffic jams. This figure is about 60 hours per year. But, do not worry so much, because in London, New York or Los Angeles this figure is exceeded by almost 2 times and exceeds 100 hours a year!

7. One of the biggest problems in traffic jams is the ability to simply go to the toilet. TravelJohn has tried to address this issue by creating mini-toilets for such situations.

8. With the increase in the number of traffic jams in megacities in the world, even such a thing as “traffic phobia” has appeared. That is the fear of large congestion of cars and saturated traffic, due to which there is a risk of traffic jams. Many citizens are so obsessed with this fear that only when they wake up are they already afraid to go outside.

9. And while many get only anger and grief from traffic jams, others make a profit! In the Chinese city of Wuhan, a special service tried to solve this problem in this way: a person caught in a traffic jam can contact this service and ask two people to come on a motorcycle. While one of them will sit instead of you and wait for the end of the traffic jam, the other will take you to the right place on a motorcycle. Well, isn't it a fairy tale?

However, this solution is still an alternative, but in no way decisive for such a problem as traffic jams. Therefore, we have no choice but to simply wait again ...