This photo is officially the worst traffic jam I have ever seen at an intersection:
There are certainly worse traffic jams in terms of sheer volume. Take a ride on Route 128 outside of Boston during rush hour, and you’ll see what I mean. The beauty of this particular traffic jam is that it manages to COMPLETELY block the intersection without any accident. Traffic is literally locked up. Most traffic jams stem from a bottleneck issue of some sort, such as lanes merging or a poorly timed traffic light. People can get through as normal, just not at a very fast rate.
Not so with this traffic jam. The only way this jam will end is if a few people on the edges abort and let other cars through.
Brilliant!
on January 18, 2008 at 2:00 am Richard C. wrote:
Where is this?
on July 7, 2008 at 1:48 pm Mario Amaya wrote:
This famous deadlock happened in São Paulo, Brazil.
This is the exact location:
23°35′25.94″S 46°40′53.17″W
Several people photographed the incident. It was started by a malfunction in traffic lights.
The picture was taken from the building that houses the local Google offices.