Video version...it's amazing and quite beautiful from above, but no WAY would I want to be in it:
When stationed in Korea, I decided Seoul was the worst traffic I’d ever seen. But I’m a Buckeye born and bred.
I hate sitting in traffic. When stationed in Germany we’d sit, it seemed forever, in the famous “staus” on the autobahn. Usually there was zero reason for a traffic backup on an autobahn. They just happened. My theory was people rubbernecking at 150 mph slow down to 130, the guy behind brakes a bit, behind him, behind him....an accordion effect takes place and it gets slowed down so much that folks eventually are stopped. Stop a few cars on a plus 120 raceway, and the next thing you know you have a giant stau.
So, my hats off to the residents of LA. They probably are patient, kind-hearted souls who are not given to road rage since this is their life. /sarc.
Any testimonials from LA residents are absoulutely welcome
104 hours stuck in traffic.
How many additional hours spent actually driving in traffic?
I do not miss California at all. I was a kid in LA and remember the crazy traffic and can only imagine how awful it is now.
I remember a day trip to the beach took all day. Ugh.
Los Angeles distance is given to you in time.
Every other city. “how far away is the place I want to go?” “8 miles.”
In Los Angeles it’s, “45 minutes.”
It can take that long to go two miles.
Yay! WE’RE NUMBER ONE!
Whoops almost drove into the median typing this.
Sigalerts rule!!!
Once they begin the work of GA400 and US285 this fall....Atlanta will surge to #1
Video version...it's amazing and quite beautiful from above, but no WAY would I want to be in it:
San Francisco, the Gay by the Sea was rated number 4.
The rush to the Gay by the Sea starts at about 3 am and goes until after 8 pm according to a local tv expert last night.
I nominate Atlanta. I have never failed to get stuck in traffic there.
For craziest drivers, the worst I’ve seen is Mexico City. To get anywhere you have to drive aggressively and dare the other guy to hit you. It’s a constant game of chicken with horns.
Just finished a 13 year stint there. I was OK, I never lived more than a couple of miles away from work, and I chose my other trips carefully. But cross-metro trips at rush hour are basically non-existent. If you work on the Westside for example, and someone invites you to dinner or afterwork drinks in Pasadena or Long Beach, much less San Bernadino, it’s not really doable.
It looks interesting, but I'll have to watch later.
Link,,,Worst Traffic in the World - Full Documentary (49:07 minutes long)
Totally.
That’s why I have taken side streets for years.
Now, with Waze I found even more routes I hadn’t considered.
Identical to Mexico City ‘s car jams!!! There hereeeeeee!! Screw Calimexico...they’ll deserve the headaches...keep electing liberals....Sorry califreepers..but it’s the truth..my brother has practically lived there all his life and he says that for the past 20 years California has turned into another Mexican city! He says in his neighborhood there are vendors selling food right in front of their apartment doors it’s a mess down there!
If they continue at this rate, while pandering to millions of criminal illegal aliens while forcing the tax payers to foot the bill, in another 10 or 20 years, CA be nearly as populated and Red China. It's nuts. CA is run by the criminally insane. No joke.
In 2015 and 2013, DC beat LA handily.
I'm sure we'll get the title back again next year or the year after...
Of course, maybe not once Trump makes America great again...the number of govvies may go down enough where DC won't have any rush hour at all. (Hey, a guy can dream, can't he?)
Who has the worst automobile accidents in the world? THIS list would be nice to know. Russia, with their dash cams, has so many social media videos online on crashes and other traffic related problems there that it makes it seem like Russia is the worst. But, I’m going to guess that, as bad as the driving continues to be in Russia, there are other parts of the world where driving is, even, worse, than what continues to happen within Russia.
Good afternoon, hope you are well.
LA, Long Beach etc is a good selection. Roma, and a few other places might stake a claim. Istanbul is the best for bumper cars and death.
I95 between NY and Boston sux.
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In Singapore recently ... traffic in that city is carefully regulated. You can’t purchase a vehicle without first obtaining a purchase permit to do so ... which can take two or three years waiting time as only so many are released annually. The cost is prohibitive as well ... several thousand dollars, I’ve been told up to $40 thousand for certain types of vehicles. Once granted the permit is valid for ten years and cannot be renewed for the same vehicle. What you see in Singapore are recent model vehicles, a lot of taxi’s, an excellent public transit system ... very well maintained roads/bridges & no traffic jams.