{"id":239983,"date":"2023-09-28T04:18:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T04:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/?p=239983"},"modified":"2023-09-28T04:18:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T04:18:59","slug":"how-poorly-managed-construction-traffic-is-causing-woes-to-road-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/how-poorly-managed-construction-traffic-is-causing-woes-to-road-users\/","title":{"rendered":"How poorly managed construction & traffic is causing woes to road users"},"content":{"rendered":"

Traffic rapidly started piling up, and was at a complete standstill for 30+ minutes.<\/h2>\n

BHPian Mustang Sammy<\/strong> recently shared this with other enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

Today I and a couple thousand others had the misfortune of being stuck at LBS road for almost an hour. The reason can be seen below.<\/p>\n

A BEST bus had broken down in the left lane, and another bus attempted to jam itself into the right lane from the wrong angle, getting stuck as a result, as its space was constrained by the metro construction barricades. Traffic rapidly started piling up, and was at a complete standstill for 30+ minutes. Then our two wheeled and some three wheeled friends started turning around and driving in the wrong direction, which I am sure didn’t help the situation behind me.<\/p>\n

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Broken down bus in the left lane, idiot in the right. Squint and you can see the excavator in front.<\/p>\n

The Mumbai traffic police woke up at some point, and commandeered a JCB excavator to try to pull the bus out (no tow trucks available??) but failed.<\/p>\n

They did manage to get the bus in the right lane to un-jam itself, and traffic started moving again.<\/p>\n

I am sure this story has repeated itself in other parts of Mumbai, and in other towns and cities around the country.<\/p>\n

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BS6.2 or not, this is BS<\/p>\n

What would have helped:<\/p>\n