Is it cruel to laugh at the....

[BigonaBianchi]

...traffic news....thousands of numpties stuck in tin cans going nowhere

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I'm going to

 

[ComedyPilot]

How can they still be 'traffic' if they're not moving?

 

[ComedyPilot]

Wouldn't it be more accurate to call it 'parking news' or 'cars blocking roads' news

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Wouldn't it be more accurate to call it 'parking news' or 'cars blocking roads' news

Whatever you call it I'm still

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Is this in relation to a specific incident or just in general.

I must admit that last time there were bad traffic problems round here I did make a point of having a leisurely ride round all the affected areas.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Oi, I had to pick someone up from the airport yesterday and I spent ages watching cyclists cheerfully filtering past gridlocked traffic thinking ''grrrrr.'' I only drive when I have to but so many only drive before they think and then block things up.

 

[Primal Scream]

I suspect many of them will be cyclists as well.

With the best will in the world I just cannot do my job by bike and often I cannot use public transport.

 

[PeteXXX]

When I'm cycling past a traffic jam, I think to myself..
'I wish I was in my truck...... I'd be being paid overtime to sit in that lot!!'

 

[ColinJ]

I went down to Brighton with my b-in-law to watch the TdF stage finish there in 1994.

On the way back we got got caught in nearly stationary traffic at roadworks on the M25. We only moved about 100 yards in an hour. I was getting really agitated, whereas b-i-l was singing along to the radio and seemed quite content. He asked me what was up and I ranted about awful the traffic was. He seemed nonplussed and told me that it was often like that!

I couldn't believe that people spend so much time in traffic jams without going mad. Actually, given the number of road rage incidents that we hear about, perhaps congestion-induced madness is on the increase ...

 

[TonyEnjoyD]

I do most days as I cycle over the stationary traffic on the A1, and I give them a cheery wave.
I often get a wave back... Funny as they sometimes do not appear to have all their digits showing during the wave?!

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

I don't get many traffic jams, and have a few routes I can take. So what, it's a little chillout time in my little tin box (it's red too ).
There's worse things in life than stressing over a couple of minutes a day looking at pretty red lights.

At the moment I can use the time to think of the new bikes I'm getting when I move.

 

[Primal Scream]

Some good music or an audio book passes the time in a pleasant manner.

 

[David Haworth]

Apart from certain situations (emergencies, very near time deadlines, screaming kids) I don't see why people get so annoyed about normal traffic jams. Okay, so you're not moving at the moment, but you will and in the meantime, you're sat down on a comfy chair, in the dry, listening to your choice of music in a pleasant air conditioned environment and you're not cheeky by jowl with the great unwashed...
Sounds better than public transport to me!

 

[Accy cyclist]

I fly past the queues of traffic on the opposite side of the road,around 5pm is best, and i can feel the hate coming from the "You don't pay effin road tax " ones!!