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Old 11-30-2014, 06:37 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oldtamiyaphile View Post
A motorcycle can cut through the gridlock to recover the cause of a jam better than a car could (for example on a bridge without an emergency lane).
However, it seems like the source of a jam is often rubbernecking. Many times I have been stuck in traffic only to see a wreck where the cars were moved to the shoulder and that was where the emergency vehicles were also. At one point lanes must have been blocked, but not when I drove past.
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