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Traffic Jam On Journey To Tong Mu, And Traffic Jam On Roads To PaiLou And Ping Xiang.
When we were driving to Tong Mu from Pai Lou, there was a traffic jam at the junction of the Tong Mu road, which was caused by resurfacing of the Tong Mu road. When we left Tong Mu to drive back to Pai Lou, there was another traffic jam, but on this occasion the traffic jam was caused by a road accident. The roads in 1987 were not capable of coping with the increased volumn of traffic. When the traffic started to move again we eventually found that the traffic jam had been caused by two large lorries trying to pass each other on a narrow bridge over a river. A great deal of work was being carried out on the roads at the time, but the volumn of traffic was increasing faster than the work could be completed. The road accidents we came across all seemed to be between vehicle and vehicle; no pedestrians being involved.
Traffic Jam On Road To Pingxiang Caused By Approaching Lorries On Too Narrow Road.
We came across a similar incident four years later, on a journey from Longzhou to Ping Xiang, a town near the China-Vietnam border. We hired a minibus and driver for the journey past sunlit paddy fields and over mountains to enjoy wonderful scenery in the valleys below. One small town we passed through had partly flooded streets full of ruts and potholes, and to avoid these the driver drove the minibus in a zigzag manner over the opposite pavements. It was apparent that he was used to these road conditions. There were reasonably good roads therefrom until we were getting nearer to the border, when traffic came to a standstill. Again the driver seemed to be familiar with these troubles, so he weaved his way in and out of the buses, cars, and lorries at a standstill, until his way was blocked by the cause of the holdup. Two large lorries approaching each other and fully loaded had attempted to pass each other on the narrow road. Lorries too wide, roads too narrow, road ditches collapse causing lorries to keel over, result causing the traffic jam; no movement of traffic either way!
The traffic jam might have been caused by the road accident, so that buses and taxies could not continue their journey until the lorries concerned had been removed, but this did not stop the passengers from continuing their journeys. The simple solution was to exchange vehicles ! Bus passengers simply left their bus on one side of the blockage, walked past the ditched lorries, and then boarded buses on the other side to continue their journey. We followed their example, and eventually arrived at the border, walking through the 'Friendship Gate'
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