China traffic jam vanishes overnight (?)

[mike r]

Source: Christian Science Monitor

On the 12th day, the road was cleared?

The China traffic jam that clogged over 60 miles along Beijing-Tibet highway for almost two weeks between Beijing and Hebei province has “vanished,” according to reports from MSNBC and the French news agency, AFP.

“Virtually overnight, local authorities had managed to disperse the congestion,” writes Adrienne Mong of MSNBC. “By the time we reached the area, all we encountered were the garden-variety traffic jams here and there.”

AFP reporters also ventured the 260 kilometers to inspect the congested zone and “did not encounter anything but intermittent traffic jams at toll booths.”

Read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0826/China-traffic-jam-vanishes-overnight

[Taverner]

1. How many cranes did they use?

And should we be taking notes for if and when it happens here?

[Roland99]

2. Any new UFO sightings?

:)

[DBoon]

3. were they raptured?

[valerief]

10. HA!!!!!

:rofl:

[SkyDaddy7]

14. Thank-you so much that...

I needed a good laugh & you more than came through!!!

[superconnected]

4. Perhaps they targeted all the stalled/not workng vehicles - got them off the road, and then later

towed them away, after the traffic jam had cleared.

[KansDem]

5. Dispersant?

Have they checked just below the surface of the asphalt?

[Radical Activist]

6. lol

good one.

[davidwparker]

7. Dictatorships have a way of getting rid of bad press.

:puke: China

[onehandle]

9. Exactly. nt

[David__77]

17. OR, maybe they have competent civil engineers?

I think that restoring the use of the roadways and preventing economic losses from transport bottlenecks SHOULD be a concern of government. And I doubt that all non-"Western-style democracies" would competently handle the situation.

[Renew Deal]

8. Was this an internet hoax?

Or something else? I mean, where did the drivers go for two weeks? Did they live in their cars?

:tinfoilhat:

[daleo]

15. The story always seemed unlikely to me

Just consider the bathroom situation.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

11. The zombies got to them first.

[Newsjock]

12. The road surface is mysteriously 10 feet higher today than yesterday

Don't nobody go looking under that fresh new layer of pavement.

[rug]

13. They'll be back in a halh hour.

[SnakeEyes]

16. officials were unavailable for comment

because they were stuck in traffic.