In the summer of 2010, some self-driving tourists drove their own cars leisurely on the highway, hoping for a holiday trip. However, they were soon shocked by the traffic jam ahead. However, this surprise did not last long. The veteran drivers were used to the big scenes and deci

In the summer of 2010, some self-driving tourists drove their own cars leisurely on the highway, hoping for a holiday trip. However, they were soon shocked by the traffic jam ahead. The long traffic jam team is endless to see.

However, this surprise did not last long. The veteran drivers were used to the big scenes and decided that the traffic jam was only a few dozen minutes, so there was no need to worry too much. After dozens of minutes, the convoy showed no sign of moving forward. Only then did everyone realize that things were not that simple, and they didn't expect that the traffic jam would last for 21 days.

So where exactly did this century-old traffic jam happen? What is the cause of the traffic jam? What are the passengers in the bus doing in the 21-day period?

The longest traffic jam

This century-old traffic jam that has been recorded in history occurred on the Beijing-Tibet Highway. It was August 23, 2010, and there was still one week before the children started school on September 1. Many parents drove their children back to their homes to prepare for the start of the new semester. Parents never thought that this traffic jam would last so long that the children missed the time to register for school and used up their annual leave.

You may not know much about highway traffic in our country. At that time, Beijing-Tibet Expressway was an alternative for drivers. They could choose to take this highway or 110 National Highway .

Unfortunately, during this peak period of highway use, we happened to encounter the construction of National Highway 110, which resulted in only half of the way.

Everyone knows that there is a toll on the expressway. National Highway 110 is a truck transportation channel, and the toll is much cheaper. But now it is an extraordinary situation. The construction of National Highway 110 has forced a large number of trucks to pour into , Beijing-Tang Expressway , and compete with ordinary private cars.

These large trucks are very worth talking about in detail, because a large part of them starts from Inner Mongolia. They transported coal from Inner Mongolia to other provinces. At that time, you could choose to go through Shanxi or Hebei when you head south from Inner Mongolia. If you choose to go to Hebei, there is only the Beijing-Tibet Expressway that has been traffic jamming. Then why not pass by Shanxi?

Why do these coal transport drivers choose to take the Hebei route? It turns out that Shanxi is a major coal province, and for the sustainable development of coal, Shanxi has established a sustainable development fund. This is not good news for coal transporters. Because of this fund, its target is units and individuals that carry out coal mining in Shanxi Province.

Originally, the target of the collection was an individual in Shanxi Province, but not only Shanxi produces coal in China, but Inner Mongolia also produces coal mines. But once it enters Shanxi, who can tell whether this coal is produced in Inner Mongolia or Shanxi? This makes it difficult for the drivers who depart from Inner Mongolia to transport coal.

They had already paid the fee once, transporting coal mines to the wind and rain, and driving fatigued, which was to make the hard money for long-distance transportation. Now if you ask him to pass through Shanxi, who will have to pay another fee? Therefore, after all calculations, it is not uncommon for drivers to choose to transport coal mines from Qinghai-Tibet Expressway or National Highway 110.

Don’t be surprised. Some drivers, especially those truck drivers who depart from Inner Mongolia to transport coal, are actually not unaware of the traffic jams on National Highway 110 and the Beijing-Tibet Expressway. But in order to save money, and coal is not fresh food and has no shelf life, they would rather be stuck on the road for a few days than pass by Shanxi. It can be seen that coal mine drivers in Inner Mongolia have a psychological impact on Shanxi Province.

In fact, it is not impossible for these people to pay the fee for transiting to Shanxi Province again, but some people just have to go to the Beijing-Tibet Expressway because they are criminals. Some people have mined the coal they loaded without permission. If they pass through the checkpoint in Datong, Shanxi, there is no way to issue a certificate to prove that they are mined properly. In this case, it is possible that you lose all your money.So even if there is traffic jam, it is impossible for them to not take the Beijing-Tibet Highway.

And the reason why National Highway 110 needs maintenance is also related to the fact that the trucks are inseparable. Trucks often carry weights in tons, and with long-distance transportation, who doesn’t want to make more money by shipping orders every month? The result of this is that truck drivers are more or less overloaded.

The heavy ability of the road is limitless. In the long run, these large trucks continued to crush, causing National Highway 110 to be opened to traffic at the end of 2007, and not long after it was opened to traffic, many road surfaces were seriously damaged. At least one lane is required during road maintenance, and these drivers who run transportation may cause truck traffic accidents due to fatigue driving, so the handling time is also very long. Traffic accidents, road maintenance, and summer self-driving tours have led to this epic traffic jam.

What's worse is still behind. Because the traffic jam was too long and the waiting time was too long, some vehicles were running out of gas when they were waiting. This brings more difficulties to the on-site dredging, and the vehicle is out of fuel and causes secondary congestion.

chain reaction

This epic traffic jam caused a chain reaction is catastrophic. Some people may disagree and think it is just an ordinary traffic jam? At most, it was just that everyone had delayed more than twenty days of work, that's all, but the actual situation was much more complicated than expected.

First, it was August when the traffic jam occurred. It was midsummer and the weather was hot, and the high temperature would cause many problems.

First of all, it is a problem for everyone to change their clothes. Think about it, on such a hot day, I can’t take a shower for about twenty days. I don’t have any sweat or smell on my body, body odor is not normal, and water resources are extremely scarce. I have to search the water for brushing my teeth and washing my face, because all the water needs to be saved. My face was gray and I leaned close to me and opened my mouth to speak, and it smelled bad.

The second is the lack of a public health system, and everyone has great trouble when going to the toilet. People have three urgent needs, so you can’t hold it in and not go to the toilet, right? It would be fine if some people go to the toilet, but think about it, these are 30,000 tourists blocking the highway. If you don’t have a village or a shop in front of you, you can’t drive, and if you are closer to the service area, you can barely find a public toilet. What should those who need a long trek to get to nearby service areas? It is not uncommon to imagine that the roadside is full of feces. It would be fine if it was a cold weather. When the weather was hot, bacteria were most likely to grow. Therefore, the road is stinking.

smell bad, maybe you can barely hold it back, if you are hungry, you really can't bear it. Modern people rarely carry dry food for months when traveling, after all, we don’t go to the Amazon jungle to explore. China has developed transportation, and there are many roadside convenience stores and food supply to tourist attractions. Who would have thought of encountering this unprecedented 20-day traffic jam? Therefore, most people have very shortage of food. Not to mention having no water to take a bath, even the mineral water that can be drunk is very scarce.

At this time, small vendors were all happy. They sold first aid items such as mineral water, instant noodles, bread, and toilet paper along the way. Relying on the large amount of people need and the quantity is very scarce, the price is based on the price. Good guy, that price is much more outrageous than the price of cold drinks in the convenience store you see climbing a mountain and walking on the hillside. What’s even more annoying is that you can’t bargain because this is buyer’s market , and passengers have no choice. You should know that that was 12 years ago. At that time, mobile payment was not popular, and everyone who had no cash could only be anxious. You can't write an IOU to the vendor.

Faced with this big traffic jam, it seems very easy to stay wherever you want to stay at night, just sleep in the car. But the problem is that summer is hot, and the temperature difference between day and night is large at night, making it difficult for people to sleep comfortably. Once you feel uncomfortable, all kinds of inconveniences will cause minor problems.

Poor sanitary environment and extremely shortage of food resources. The elderly, weak, sick and disabled among the 30,000 passengers are prone to getting sick in this situation. Small problems cannot be controlled by people themselves.Even food and mineral water are not easy to obtain, so don’t even think about the medicine to cure headaches and fevers. It’s hard to imagine how the passengers have a headache and fever after these 20 days? In short, it is not an exaggeration to call such a scene hell on earth.

is at the end of August 2010, and everyone is already in a state of numbness. I don’t know how long this hard life will last, but as a person, he still has to live. In any case, you have to make happiness in suffering. If you were at the scene of traffic jam on the Beijing-Tibet Railway at that time, you will see strange scenes. In order to alleviate this sense of boredom and anxiety, everyone took out the things in their trunk that they originally thought they could not use.

Some people took out a dozen pokers and called the nearby car owners. The four-person team started playing Landlords. Someone took out a pair of badminton rackets from the trunk, took his own children, and played parent-child badminton. The scene of playing on the backup track of the highway was recorded in photos.

Those who have surplus food should be used as small vendors on the spot, selling instant noodles, ham sausages, mineral water, and toilet paper along the way. There is something even more outrageous. I guess this trip might be just to go out for adventure and survive. I took out a small pot and cooked food in front of everyone. The smoke from the cooking stove attracted a group of perverts to watch.

This traffic jam was not only affected by the 30,000 passengers at the scene. You may not have imagined that the vegetable prices in Beijing also rose continuously in 2010. Although the traffic jam can be temporarily alleviated, in addition to transporting coal, some of these vehicles are also transporting agricultural products, and they are also obstructed. This invisibly increases the transportation cost of vegetables, and the price naturally rises. It is really touching that a traffic jam on the highway can trigger so many chain reactions.

When will the traffic jam stop?

The Beijing-Tibet Expressway is full of disasters. After this 21-day traffic jam, there are still constant troubles. In just less than a year, , from May to October, in five months, there were nearly 5,000 traffic jams in , and the nearby villages were also affected. This large-scale traffic jam was caused by road construction.

Familiar recipes and familiar questions, everyone can do nothing about it. Three more years have passed, and this is the Labor Day holiday in 2014. Traffic jams are very serious, but unlike the grand occasion of more than 100km in 2010, this time in 2014, it was nearly 60km long. The matter was so serious that CCTV also reported this congestion.

After a series of incidents, the Beijing-Tibet Expressway has long been famous in the traffic jam industry. It is now 2022, and something has started to happen again on the Beijing-Tibet Expressway during the Qingming Festival. Everyone went home to worship their ancestors one day in advance, and the traffic jam was so ruthless. The traffic detachment in Changping District, Beijing had to increase traffic diversion and maintenance. During holidays, they worked overtime and dealt with the vehicles that occupied the emergency lane due to too traffic jams. There were as many as 26.

In order to solve this long-standing problem, the Ministry of Public Security issued the latest news. They decided to strengthen cross-provincial cooperation and jointly coordinated the three provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in Beijing, Hebei and Inner Mongolia to establish a headquarters for clearing and smooth traffic protection to lay the foundation for smooth roads in the future.

Individual car owners who have cars usually understand the road conditions in advance before they get on the road. The traffic jam ten years ago on the Beijing-Tibet Expressway has left many people still feeling scared. Therefore, after many years, more than 90% of the people can see are large trucks. There is no reason for cars and long-distance passenger cars to go here. Those who can find ways to get around here have already been bypassed, and only coal trucks have to bite the bullet and fight to the end.

After listening to the weird story behind this century-old traffic jam, I think no one wants to experience it in this life. This century-old traffic jam tells us that we should choose off-season travel for self-driving tours and avoid off-peak travel during the winter and summer vacations. The traffic jam happened in summer. Many parents may want to accompany their children who have been on summer vacation to travel far away.But when your child is on vacation, it also means that other people's children will also be on vacation. If everyone travels at that time, it will be easy to have a tragedy.

In fact, traffic jams, big or small, happen every day around the country. On the one hand, it is related to the peak commuting to and from get off work, and on the other hand, it is also due to the development of technology and economic progress. Compared with ten years ago, there are more owners of private cars. More vehicles naturally mean a greater chance of traffic jams, which is inevitable no matter how wide the road is, it is not possible to avoid. In order to avoid traffic jams, it is recommended that you use public transportation, such as taking the subway.

Someone has specially studied the congestion level in Tokyo and Beijing, and concluded that Tokyo is far better than Beijing in terms of population density and car ownership. But the actual situation is that the traffic jam in Tokyo is far less than that in Beijing, and the problem is urban rail transit. On the one hand, choosing rail transit and buses can alleviate urban congestion, and on the other hand, protect the environment and reduce carbon emissions. Why not do it?