It’s Worth a Try

I’m sure some readers noticed a few postings ago that J was searching to document a traffic jam. I wish she and her camera were with me yesterday evening. I got into bumper to bumper traffic around 6PM. It took me a half hour to get to Sports’ City Circle from the Ministry of the Interior Circle. Even the bridge coming from Jebel Hussein was backed up. There was no accident or vehicle breakdown that would have explained it; there were only two traffic policemen controlling the entrances to the Sports’ City Circle. The backup was terrific and people were honking their horns because of the unusually long wait. When I returned in the opposite direction two hours later, long after any conceivable rush hour, the traffic had still not eased. It made me wonder if this traffic jam wasn’t caused by the policemen themselves! Maybe the police should stay away from the circles. Possibly then Jordanian drivers would refresh their driving etiquette and whatever they learned about ‘right of way’ on the circles. Possibly traffic would move – albeit slowly at times – but at least move! Sorry J you missed some good photos.

ASH