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- Yelnik, on 01/17/2008, -6/+118Gas break gas.
Gas honk honk.
Honk honk punch.
Gas gas gas. - 10goto10, on 01/17/2008, -1/+86Did any else see two huge Santa Clauses sitting on the building at the top?
- JSatt, on 01/17/2008, -2/+82I've never seen such a gathering of idiots.
- hyperfocus, on 01/17/2008, -2/+75I wonder if they are still sitting there...
- brentinkc, on 01/17/2008, -6/+68It took many idiots to make this traffic jam, but it only took one idiot to design that ***** up intersection.
- bonecones, on 01/17/2008, -0/+53This deadlock happened in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The two avenues seen here are Brigadeiro Faria Lima Avenue and Juscelino Kubitschek Avenue.
When I lived in Brazil I used to pass through this crossing everyday on my way to work, it was usually very bad, but I have never seen it this way. On rush hour there usually is at least two traffic officers trying to maintain the order there. - sinisterbob, on 01/17/2008, -0/+39That's why you're not supposed to stop in a yellow box. There's nothing wrong with the intersection, people just don't know how to follow simple rules.
- JoeRW, on 01/17/2008, -2/+39Jeez if the grey 4wd top left just reversed toward the blue station wagon and they both reversed enough to let the white car and bus through then it could all clear.
- brian1625, on 01/17/2008, -0/+34You two seemed bored.
Here play this.
http://gprime.net/game.php/gridlock - khail250, on 01/17/2008, -2/+31congress
- mjfitzge, on 01/17/2008, -1/+26they probably honked. whenever i honk, it tends to improve the general traffic situation around me.
- RealmDown, on 01/17/2008, -0/+24The other 90% would be trying to pull in front of you because you left a "gap"
- AddictedToMosh, on 01/17/2008, -13/+35women drivers!
- Pilot85, on 01/17/2008, -0/+20Crashbreaker! Use the crashbreaker!
- phybere, on 01/17/2008, -1/+20For some reason I have an urge to write an algorithm to find the most efficient way to clear the interesection.
Maybe even a math proof to make sure I'm right... - KragTheDigger, on 01/17/2008, -1/+20Nice. I printed and posted it in our dev team room with the following caption: "NEED REFACTORING !"
~K - rmdelatorre, on 01/17/2008, -0/+17São Paulo, Brazil:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=pt-BR&geocode=& ...
I used to work nearby. Not impossible, I can say. - somedirtbag, on 01/17/2008, -0/+17"Mother *****! Son of a...! Ass..! Geeuuu!! I'll just..!!!"
- kxmjb, on 01/17/2008, -2/+19The guy on the bike in the lower right side is taunting the car drivers with his ability to leave.
- Otto, on 01/17/2008, -2/+17If people would not move into an intersection when it's clear that they can't get through it, then this sort of ***** would not happen.
- blackmage439, on 01/17/2008, -3/+18"I don't want to look like a freak... I'll take the Mumu."
- mismetti, on 01/17/2008, -0/+14Sao Paulo, Brazil. Av. Juscelino Kubitschek intersection with Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima.
I checked the coordinates on Google Earth: 23°35'25.56"S 46°40'53.38"W
I used to work near that place. Traffic was never THIS bad, but it was pretty lousy at rush hour. - tabularassa, on 01/17/2008, -0/+14I wonder how they fit those street names in a map
- gegroff, on 01/17/2008, -0/+13Ok, now if you move the green sedan forward a spot, then move the bus in the opening... no wait... Move the gray SUV back two spots... ***** I hate these puzzles!
- redmaxx, on 01/17/2008, -0/+12It's obviously *not* a round-a-bout, because, see, round-a-bouts tend to be ROUND. This intersection is clearly square.
- CedEx, on 01/17/2008, -0/+12But those drivers are ***** who only think of themselves, so I bet that from the time this picture was taken till now, these people are still stuck in that intersection.
- RealmDown, on 01/17/2008, -3/+14Red: stop
Green: go
Yellow: Slam on your breaks regardless of safety to yourself or others because it is probably a ***** "photo enforced" intersection - rgaino, on 01/17/2008, -0/+11I looked at it and thought "wow, that reminds me of São Paulo". And then I saw the file name... that's really São Paulo.
- tabularassa, on 01/17/2008, -1/+10that's an awful lot of black cars
- WoundedCow, on 01/17/2008, -0/+9Honey, sorry, I'm going to be home late....no dear....probably late July...love you too....click
- K4Lic0, on 01/17/2008, -0/+9Actually, ant colonies are highly sophisticated.. they wouldn't have a jam like this..
- capiCrimm, on 01/17/2008, -0/+9if that fails I find getting on your hood and shooting an AK 47 wildly into the air is sure-proof.
- AzureRise, on 01/17/2008, -0/+9Since we're all guessing. Oz?
- Dipster, on 01/17/2008, -1/+9This wouldn't happen if they just used roundabouts.
- SpacePoet, on 01/17/2008, -0/+8I'm sure this started with a light malfunction or outing. It is amazing what people turn into when all of the sudden a busy intersection light goes out. It's amazing how it becomes a free for all, I have seen the most idiotic things happen. You have ***** who'll just plow through without stopping and then every other idiot just starts following him giving no one else the opportunity to treat it like the way it's supposed to be treated, like a four way stop. It'll go on like that until a traffic cop shows up to restore order. It makes me so afraid knowing that people are 3 seconds from becoming moronic minions without guidance. No wonder religion is so necessary.
- RealmDown, on 01/17/2008, -0/+8Don't cross the streams!
- DephexTwin, on 01/17/2008, -0/+8I'm trying to figure out how the jam started, what the first move was. I think it must be something with the road on the top but I'm not sure! Ideas?
- digger77, on 01/17/2008, -0/+8You're obviously retarded.
- brentinkc, on 01/17/2008, -3/+11Suckers
- maeon3, on 01/17/2008, -0/+8I always leave 8 feet between me and the car ahead. If 10% of the people had done this, there would be NO deadlock.
- solarweasel, on 01/17/2008, -0/+8why is santa clause sitting on the building behind the intersection... applausing?
- zyl0x, on 01/17/2008, -0/+7These people should go to City Hall and use this as an argument for some ***** traffic lights.
- billbillbilly, on 01/17/2008, -0/+7thats how the deadlock occurred, everyone stopped to read the signs
- yojiffyskippy, on 01/17/2008, -1/+8Obviously the South Pole. Didn't you see Santa and Mrs Clause sitting on the building?
- speedy11309, on 01/17/2008, -0/+6cue the office space music...
- naturalcauses, on 01/17/2008, -1/+7just close your eyes hit the gas and pray
- brentinkc, on 01/17/2008, -2/+8It looks like Santa and the missus...
- firebird84, on 01/17/2008, -0/+5Mutually exclusive resources + circular wait = deadlock. Yes, this is deadlock, but it's also gridlock.
Mutually exclusive because two cars cannot occupy the same space, and circular wait because - well, look at the picture. - tightscrummy, on 01/17/2008, -0/+5"In places where you have a well-engineered controlled intersection (like here in the US) does this happen? NO."
Uhm, YES. You must live in some backwater farm town, this kind of cockblocking is a daily occurrence around here. You can only engineer so much around really stupid people. -
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