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China's Nine-Day Traffic Jam Tops 62 Miles

Posted by samzenpus on from the living-on-the-road dept.

A traffic jam on the Beijing-Tibet expressway has now entered its ninth day and has grown to over 62 miles in length. This mother-of-all delays has even spawned its own micro-economy of local merchants selling water and food at inflated prices to stranded drivers. Can you imagine how infuriating it must be to see someone leave their blinker on for 9 days?

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  1. i thought they all rode bikes in China by alen · · Score: 1, Funny

    being how they are the first in the world in being green

  2. Holy crap! by Anarki2004 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nine days?? I think I would walk home. Even if its 50 miles, that could be covered in nine days.I mean holy shit, wtf is the problem over there?

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    1. Re:Holy crap! by Abstrackt · · Score: 2, Funny

      So later in the article when it says that "The congestion was expected to last into mid-September as the road project will not be finished until then" you actually think the same cars will be stuck in traffic until mid-september?

      Those poor people...

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  3. That gives me an idea by Cetme · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cue the Chinese remake of "Falling Down"...

    1. Re:That gives me an idea by g0bshiTe · · Score: 2, Funny

      So then the guy walking would be Chinese and the guy with the convenience store in the beginning would be American?

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    2. Re:That gives me an idea by retchdog · · Score: 3, Funny

      Nah, he could still be Korean and it'd work.

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  4. Idle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This must be the first time the Idle category is really apt.

  5. Call the Doctor! by Ambiguous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think I saw this on an episode of Doctor Who.

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  6. Translated to English by IceDogg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here in the United States, we call this phenomenon "Atlanta".

  7. Re:Just walk! by daremonai · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thank you, I'll be here all week.

    Well, yeah, considering you're stuck in that traffic jam.