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  1. Nathan

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    The congestion was caused by a new checkpoint at the other side of the toll, which reduced the width of the road from 50 to less than 20 lanes.

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dep-zo3kzHM"]Fifty lane highway becomes carpark as Beijing residents return home after long weekend - YouTube[/ame]
     
  2. papa-j

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    Yikes and good grief................:eek6:
     
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    Fifty lanes?? Fifty?!!!!!!! Fifty Lanes!!!!!?????
     
  4. caseydog

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    China: 1.4 Billion people

    Beijing: 21.5 Million people

    Fifty lanes, and pollution you cut with a knife.

    CD
     
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    "Less than 20 lanes"? Madness! What were they thinking?
     
  6. BlimeyCabrio

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    Meh, DC will be like that in 10 more years, if the government keeps growing.
     
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    And it will, you can bet on it.
     
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    Those poor sob's probably don't think too much about it. That's just part of living where they do.
     
  9. BlimeyCabrio

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    Yeah, DC people are like that.
     
  10. old81

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    Kids live in Beijing, they leave the city on the Holidays and stay away then return via the Airport. They use a Scooter in the city, they do have a car with a driver, but I think he is bored as hell.

    :)
     
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    Much more than kids. On holidays, a good portion of the population goes back to their hometown to visit family. I hear stories about it from my Chinese colleagues at work.
     
  12. Eric@Helix

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    The most alarming thing about this video is the pollution. I've experienced it first hand, and it's scary. As you walk down the street your throat burns. On a couple of occasions, I started to get that panicky feeling when you're under water and need to surface to get a breath.
     
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    I do not want to visit there.
     
  14. Firebro17

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    Ditto... Just another of many places I will never visit!
     
  15. mrntd

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    This story said that 20% of China traveled during that week. For some perspective that's like EVERYONE in the US traveling at the same time.

    Not just commuting to work.
     

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