Traffic here is ridiculous. If you don't believe me, check out this video.
You'll notice a few things. First, there is no accident in this picture. The problem is purely the number of people on the roads here. Second, at :43 you can see some cars moving between the two lines of traffic. That is not their lane. That is illegal. However, not driving that way literally gets you nowhere. It can take two hours to get from the city center to my house. Which is less than five miles! This exact situation happened to me:
I tried to capture the seemingly infinite number of cars that were just stopped on the road. Zero movement. This is not unusual for Moscow. What is unusual happened next:
CLEAR ROADS. What? After we passed an intersection, everything opened up. I was in the car with a friend who has lived here for about ten years and she said Medvedev or Putin must have been on the roads. When they need to get somewhere, they close the roads so they have no traffic. Clearly, this country values nothing if not efficiency. That was such a frustrating day.
You'll notice a few things. First, there is no accident in this picture. The problem is purely the number of people on the roads here. Second, at :43 you can see some cars moving between the two lines of traffic. That is not their lane. That is illegal. However, not driving that way literally gets you nowhere. It can take two hours to get from the city center to my house. Which is less than five miles! This exact situation happened to me:
I tried to capture the seemingly infinite number of cars that were just stopped on the road. Zero movement. This is not unusual for Moscow. What is unusual happened next:
CLEAR ROADS. What? After we passed an intersection, everything opened up. I was in the car with a friend who has lived here for about ten years and she said Medvedev or Putin must have been on the roads. When they need to get somewhere, they close the roads so they have no traffic. Clearly, this country values nothing if not efficiency. That was such a frustrating day.
But hey, I was stopped in traffic for PUTIN. Don't you want to be able to say that? Friends, this really is the best time to visit Russia. You don't have to pay for a hotel, taxis, or tour guides. We can provide all of that for you. Don't wait until we find out we're moving, because by then it will be too late. My parents always say how they would LOVE people to visit. We have plenty of room! Come visit and maybe you'll be lucky enough to NOT have much traffic! (Actually, summer is the best time of the year for that!) Until next time, до свидания!
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