Tag Archives: traffic

Hurry Hurry to Nowhere

July 2, 2023 – 1:49 pm

June 21 marked the summer solstice, but the America’s calendar is governed by the July 4th holiday and nothing says summer more than the Independence Day Traffic Festival. Millions of cars, trucks, and motorcycles hit the highways for fun, sun, BBQs, beer, beaches, pools, lakes, and mountains. Anyplace, but home and the bottlenecks, accidents and […]

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Thai New Year’s Traffic Festival

January 1, 2018 – 1:04 pm

When I was young, the radio listed the national traffic deaths over the most traditional holidays. Being patriotic the America scored the highest fatalities on the 4th of July. New Year’s Eve and St. Patrick’s Day came never close. These announcements were designed to warn the public about the dangers of driving drunk and thanks […]

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Pattaya Railroad two-laner Jammed

June 3, 2008 – 10:18 am

In 1948 work was started on Boston’s Southeast Expressway, a highway designed to alleviate congestion on roadways heading to the South Shore. The six-laner road was opened several years later with its capacity predicted to be reach by 1970. Within two weeks there were traffic jams. Pattaya is also beset by traffic problems. Too many […]

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