Traffic in China

Drivers in northern China have been stuck along a 60-mile stretch of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou highway, some for days.

The Chinese authorities are struggling to clear the congestion, now entering its eleventh day and which, at its peak, stretched for more than 60 miles (100km). But the drivers still joining it are not optimistic about reaching their destinations swiftly. [Via The Guardian]

This particular and spectacular jam began on 14 August. At one point vehicles were moving half-a-mile a day with some drivers taking five days to clear it. Now it is slowly easing, said Zhang. He should know. He has been through it once already in the past 10 days. “It took me three days last time,” he said. “I am prepared. I have plenty of water.”