As a truck driver you are out on the roads for up to 12 hours at a time, so you will see many weird and wacky things on Britain's roads. Unfortunately they also see a LOT of traffic jams, which can be caused by a variety of reasons from accidents to road works to speed check areas. These jams can last for several hours, causing inconvenience, frustration and anger for those involved.
This means they spend longer on the road as they still have to deliver their goods and drive back home, so it will take them longer to get home to their families. However, no matter how bad a traffic jam they end up in, lorry drivers were probably sat in the following ones for much longer!
In what has been billed as the worst traffic jam in history in China, an increase in lorry drivers was actually blamed for the whole thing! It was August 2010 and the congestion went on for over 9 days, on a road that links Beijing and Zhangjiakou called the National Expressway. They were in gridlock so truck drivers were seen playing chess and cards with other drivers. It was not just the lorries to blame, there was construction work also. It was not, however, the only time that happened on that road!
You may think that cities you have driven through have "bad traffic", such as London maybe. Well spare a thought for the people on the roads in Sao Paolo. In 2009 they set a record for having over 35% of the roads blocked throughout the city!
In a completely different climate, Moscow is another city that has traffic problems - every time it snows which as you can imagine is quite often!
Normal traffic jams are generally only a few miles long if that, but it can feel much longer! However, how long would it feel like you were stuck if you were in a 110 mile jam?! Well the people of Paris found out in 1980!
This means they spend longer on the road as they still have to deliver their goods and drive back home, so it will take them longer to get home to their families. However, no matter how bad a traffic jam they end up in, lorry drivers were probably sat in the following ones for much longer!
In what has been billed as the worst traffic jam in history in China, an increase in lorry drivers was actually blamed for the whole thing! It was August 2010 and the congestion went on for over 9 days, on a road that links Beijing and Zhangjiakou called the National Expressway. They were in gridlock so truck drivers were seen playing chess and cards with other drivers. It was not just the lorries to blame, there was construction work also. It was not, however, the only time that happened on that road!
You may think that cities you have driven through have "bad traffic", such as London maybe. Well spare a thought for the people on the roads in Sao Paolo. In 2009 they set a record for having over 35% of the roads blocked throughout the city!
In a completely different climate, Moscow is another city that has traffic problems - every time it snows which as you can imagine is quite often!
Normal traffic jams are generally only a few miles long if that, but it can feel much longer! However, how long would it feel like you were stuck if you were in a 110 mile jam?! Well the people of Paris found out in 1980!
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