"the elements of the jam"
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the malaysian jam is one that boggles the mind. it's like a flash mob without the people, with a lot of cars in their place --- after some time, it just disappears...and it leaves you wondering how and where it started in the first place. take for example, my trip to college. after hitting the overpass from bangsar that eventually leads to duta, there was heavy congestion. which seemed to dissolve once the entrance to the road leading to college was reached. no cars were turning into the road to lighten the load, mind you. it was just mindless congestion. just like how it is with every other weekday morning. nothing new, really. the premise is simple: take a lot of cars, slow them all down without a catalyst of causation (an accident, for instance) and mix well. and watch. and wait. nine times out of ten, some idiot(s) has caused massive blockage because he has to move from the speed lane to the sunway exit...while right at the exit's mouth. novel.
rush hour in kl can either be hell...or more of it. moving around on the narrowest roads this side of gotham is pain. buses taking up half the roads doesn't seem to help. it's as though someone from above had systematically subliminally messaged to everyone that rush hour periods were there to move as slowly as possible and that being late for work was encouraged. that's got the be the case, because no sensible driver would want to be stuck in the middle of nowhere, running the risk of overheating their car or whatnot, yea? so the question remains: why do they? oh, well. although some accidents just can't be avoided. jams or otherwise.
take the classic sandwich: a car in the speed lane suddenly brakes hard, prompting the car behind it to do so, albeit too late, and the process continues, and the poor second car has been royally screwed. or what about something similar to the case above, only involving cars #1 and #2? a disastrous mix of fun gawking. oh, yea. let's not forget the gawkers. the ones who gape and watch, constantly scouting for potential 4d winning numbers. i could say that it's a total lack of apathy on the part of all driverts and that taking pleasure out of someone else's misery is wrong, but...i guess i'll just stop.
the major accidents do happen. we don't get to see many of them. not when a nudge or a bump would suffice.
i hope that the traffic's good for you later.
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the malaysian jam is one that boggles the mind. it's like a flash mob without the people, with a lot of cars in their place --- after some time, it just disappears...and it leaves you wondering how and where it started in the first place. take for example, my trip to college. after hitting the overpass from bangsar that eventually leads to duta, there was heavy congestion. which seemed to dissolve once the entrance to the road leading to college was reached. no cars were turning into the road to lighten the load, mind you. it was just mindless congestion. just like how it is with every other weekday morning. nothing new, really. the premise is simple: take a lot of cars, slow them all down without a catalyst of causation (an accident, for instance) and mix well. and watch. and wait. nine times out of ten, some idiot(s) has caused massive blockage because he has to move from the speed lane to the sunway exit...while right at the exit's mouth. novel.
rush hour in kl can either be hell...or more of it. moving around on the narrowest roads this side of gotham is pain. buses taking up half the roads doesn't seem to help. it's as though someone from above had systematically subliminally messaged to everyone that rush hour periods were there to move as slowly as possible and that being late for work was encouraged. that's got the be the case, because no sensible driver would want to be stuck in the middle of nowhere, running the risk of overheating their car or whatnot, yea? so the question remains: why do they? oh, well. although some accidents just can't be avoided. jams or otherwise.
take the classic sandwich: a car in the speed lane suddenly brakes hard, prompting the car behind it to do so, albeit too late, and the process continues, and the poor second car has been royally screwed. or what about something similar to the case above, only involving cars #1 and #2? a disastrous mix of fun gawking. oh, yea. let's not forget the gawkers. the ones who gape and watch, constantly scouting for potential 4d winning numbers. i could say that it's a total lack of apathy on the part of all driverts and that taking pleasure out of someone else's misery is wrong, but...i guess i'll just stop.
the major accidents do happen. we don't get to see many of them. not when a nudge or a bump would suffice.
i hope that the traffic's good for you later.
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