12 Worst Traffic Jams

The world's longest traffic jam was 110 miles (176 kilometers) long, between Paris and Lyon on the French Autoroute in 1980.




A 60-mile-long traffic jam on a major Beijing highway has lasted more than nine days, with stranded drivers taking to playing chess on their cars as local vendors organize roadside shops like in a Cortázar short story. What's causing this potentially month-long jam? In short, increased traffic on the highway mixed with maintenance and construction. Britain's Sky News reported the snarls have been commonplace since May as a result of a spike in the number of trucks using the roads, with the daily peak reaching about 17,000. In this specific case, cars and trucks have been piling up since August 14, 2010 on the National Expressway 100, which is also known as the G110, the major route from Beijing to Zhangjiakou.


A traffic jam in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In June 2009, Sao Paulo set a new record for bad traffic, 295km of traffic jam accumulated throughout the entire city, meaning over 35% of the city's roads.


Gridlock resulting from vehicles and pedestrians "blocking the box" at the intersection of 1st Avenue and 57th Street in New York City.


Moscow also has different reasons for traffic jams. One of them is frosty severe winter. Transportation roads cannot work well because of black ice. The other problem is high quantity of life and, as a result, possession of many vehicles. And apparently, some streets must be reconstructed and broadened.


Car and Motorcycle jam in Taipei.




Vehicles are stuck in a traffic jam caused by a demonstration held by flood-affected people demanding that the government provide aid to flood victims in Nowshera, Pakistan.


Traffic jam caused by the celebration of the Diwali in North India.


Patna witnessed unprecedented traffic jam in December 1, 2009, following protest rallies taken out by different organizations in support of their demands. Throughout the day, traffic chaos ruled all the roads giving a tough time for commuters.


Another picture of Sao Paulo, at the intersection of Faria Lima and Juscelino Kubischek Avenue.


Frozen Traffic Jam in Moscow.

Traffic congestion caused by people fleeing from Houston, Texas, due to Hurricane Rita in 2005. Evacuees used Interstate 45 which was/is an official evacuation route.

Which traffic jam do you think is the worst? comment below :)

Farmer Creates Amazing Spitfire Shaped Maze

To mark the 70th anniversary of The Battle of Britain, farmer Tom Percy created a giant maze, shaped like a Spitfire fighter plane.
Tom Percy has made a name for himself, after creating a series of incredible corn field mazes, just outside Yorkshire town, in Britain. In previous years, he designed mazes shaped as an astronaut, the Statue of Liberty, the Flying Scotsman, Big Ben and a Viking long ship. This year, he really outdid himself, creating one of the biggest mazes in the world, the size of 8 football fields.




"NEVER FORGET 1940-2010"

Resedential Complexes of Moscow

Resedential Complexes of Moscow

Stylish Valentine Notebook

Designers from CreativeDNAaustria introduced a concept of their Valentine Notebook. Its prototype is compact typewriter Valentine invented and designed by Ettore Sottsass and Perry King in 1969. It looks almost exactly like the typewriter but has a flexible display instead of a paper sheet.

Garbage City

As unbelievable as the photos below may look, Manshyiat Naser is a real place, where people make their living out of trash. Like in any other normal community, you’ll find streets, houses and apartments throughout the settlement, but everything and everyone here depends on garbage.

How to Draw a Straight Line without a Ruler

With a constrained ball attached to your pen you can draw a straight line without a ruler.

The Real Super Heroes

Real Life Super Hero Project created by American photographer Peter Tangen features ordinary people without any special ability weraing superhero costumes.