For over an hour! Can't turn around. Can't go back. Can't go forward. It was hot and people were angry after sitting for so long. They started getting out of their vehicles to try to see what was going on since traffic was just so backed up and not moving in the west bound lane... I thought it might have been the construction of the new bridge... No. There was a three-car wreck up ahead and we had to wait for the fire department to clean it up and the tow trucks to clear the road. Phone shot.
Had this happen to me last weekend. Traffic grid-locked for a while with a major incident on the motorway, Police , ambulances and fire trucks blocking all lanes while they sorted the problem out. In the queue for an hour or so before the one lane was open to free up the jam.
When we get stuck in traffic like this, it is the police checking everyone's car and driver's license. They also check whether you have paid all your traffic fines! If not your car gets impounded!
Are you in Romania?
Someone I know who lives in Germany was telling me about their navigator giving them alternative routes when something is blocked on the way. And I told them: because you have alternative routes.
There is a particular area near me, on a tight road that on one side has a deep river and on the other a steep mountain. Once on that road, there's no turning back. Only waiting. Because there are NO other routes. And this image seems to belong to that area. :D
So frustrating not knowing what is ahead. After being in an accident a couple of years ago and the road was temporarily held up I think differently about hold ups. Fortunately nothing too serious. Hope that was the case here.
@kipper1951 Yeah. It can be a mess and when you are late for an appointment, like most of these folks - it can cause more accidents.
@ludwigsdiana Thank you, Diana. I did manage to get a shot and I probably should have got one of everyone getting out of their vehicles. =)
@kjarn I really don't know. Too far away to hear any ambulance sirens. But I did drive by three wrecked vehicles pushed over to the side of the road.
@monikozi I don't have GPS in my old car and I won't pay for the data they charge to have it on my phone. The alternative route would have taken me about 50 miles out of the way. Like everyone else here - traffic was backed up behind me as far away as I could see and beyond. It's a well traveled road to and from Sumter, South Carolina - like yours but it's normally a four-lane - until they started construction of the new bridge by tearing down the old one going west bound and turning the east bound lanes into one lane going in each direction.
@Dawn Will and I were fine, some of the drivers were very angry and I can't say how the drivers of the wrecked vehicles are doing.
@wakelys It is pretty frustrating when this happens on a highway. I kind of expect gridlock when in the city with the traffic lights.
@craftymeg I just saw the wrecked vehicles as I passed by. I don't know if anyone was hurt or not. I was too far back to see or hear any ambulances if there were any.
@shutterbug49 Most people didn't stray but just a few feet from their vehicles. The wreck was too far away for anyone near me to see what was going on. A few of us yelled at the construction workers to ask if they knew. They just shrugged their shoulders. Most of us were afraid to turn our engines off for fear traffic would start moving and people were angry enough without the delay of starting up.
It seems to happen everywhere from time to time. By chance I watched REM's video 'everybody hurts' and it was about being stuck in a huge traffic jam. You may well know it?
@joysabin Thank you, Joy. It happens. Glad it wasn't me involved.
@ljmanning Thank you, Laura.
When we get stuck in traffic like this, it is the police checking everyone's car and driver's license. They also check whether you have paid all your traffic fines! If not your car gets impounded!
Someone I know who lives in Germany was telling me about their navigator giving them alternative routes when something is blocked on the way. And I told them: because you have alternative routes.
There is a particular area near me, on a tight road that on one side has a deep river and on the other a steep mountain. Once on that road, there's no turning back. Only waiting. Because there are NO other routes. And this image seems to belong to that area. :D
@ludwigsdiana Thank you, Diana. I did manage to get a shot and I probably should have got one of everyone getting out of their vehicles. =)
@kjarn I really don't know. Too far away to hear any ambulance sirens. But I did drive by three wrecked vehicles pushed over to the side of the road.
@monikozi I don't have GPS in my old car and I won't pay for the data they charge to have it on my phone. The alternative route would have taken me about 50 miles out of the way. Like everyone else here - traffic was backed up behind me as far away as I could see and beyond. It's a well traveled road to and from Sumter, South Carolina - like yours but it's normally a four-lane - until they started construction of the new bridge by tearing down the old one going west bound and turning the east bound lanes into one lane going in each direction.
@Dawn Will and I were fine, some of the drivers were very angry and I can't say how the drivers of the wrecked vehicles are doing.
@wakelys It is pretty frustrating when this happens on a highway. I kind of expect gridlock when in the city with the traffic lights.
@joansmor Thanks, Joan.
@pusspup Yes, I can imagine.
@dkellogg Exactly describes it.
@mittens Thanks, Marilyn.
@k9photo Not at all.
@rensala Yes, and I've crossed that bridge back and forth several times since then. =)
@bigmxx That's exactly right.
@craftymeg I just saw the wrecked vehicles as I passed by. I don't know if anyone was hurt or not. I was too far back to see or hear any ambulances if there were any.