How long should a traffic jam last? In an ideal world, the answer would be about 30 seconds 
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Sometimes it seem we spend a lot of our working time sitting in a traffic jam, so your customers get their goods on time, and you don’t have to sit in the jam itself.
Today on the M4 from Heathrow there was an accident, and the tailbacks were horrendous. The police and ambulance crews were fantastic as always and things slowly started moving again.
Bet you are glad you don’t live in China at the moment.
Today is the 9th day of a traffic jam. Yes, 9 days of solid queuing… the tailback a huge 62 miles long. Makes the M25 look like a baby when it comes to tailbacks, they only had an 18 mile tailback today.
The roadworks in Beijing caused a bottle neck which lead to the massive tailback.
If you are interested, there is more over at Sky News.
That reminds me, some vehicles overheat in a traffic jam, so take some spare water with you and pop it in the boot, better to be safe, than sorry.
Kevin
