Thursday, August 26, 2010

   Longest traffic jam:
60-mile, 11-day Chinese traffic jam sets world record
   BEIJING, China -- Thousands of motorists have been caught up in a 60-mile, 11-day tailback on the National Expressway 110 between the capital Beijing and Inner Mongolia -
setting the new world record for the Longest traffic jam .
 Photo: A jammed section of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou highway in Huailai in north China's Hebei province. Roadworks are blamed for causing the 60-mile jam that has lasted 11 days. / AP photo - Alexander F. Yuan ( enlarge photo )

   The World's Longes t traffic jam , was caused by a flood of cargo-bearing heavy trucks and compounded by road work. Traffic officials had estimated the Longest traffic jam in the World would last until mid-September.

   While many motorists took detours, some ended up trapped for up to five days, sleeping in their cars and taking shifts behind the wheel.

    Others played cards to pass the time and chatted by the roadside as 400 police were drafted in to ensure the communal road rage was kept in check.

    And local traders made the most of the situation by setting up stalls and roaming from lorry to lorry selling their wares at exorbitant prices.

   A publicity officer with the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau blamed insufficient capacity as a result of the roadworks for the delays.



    An eight tonne limit was imposed but this month there have been even more trucks carrying heavy loads of coal or fruit because the Beijing section of the other major route out of the capital - the Beijing-Tibet Expressway - has had stricter weight limits brought in.

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Thursday, August 26, 2010


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