The Anatomy of a Traffic Jam

On Monday 3 October 2022 we travelled to Perak to pick up my mother. We left at 8.15am and faced the traffic congestion that is legendary in KL/ Klang Valley. We should have left a bit earlier, 6am would have been apt but the preparations and so on took longer than expected.

The journey that was supposed to take just slightly more than 2 hours turned to be a 3-hour journey. On the way back we faced another 30 minute crawl in Saujana Putra, because we made some stopovers for lunch & a visit to my brother in law's family.

Staying 6km from the office is a lucky thing for me, as I take around 13-15 minutes to get to work (in heavy traffic). Without traffic congestion I would normally arrive in under 10 minutes.

Bottlenecks, Accidents, Poor travel time planning (mea culpa on this one), Road and/ or weather conditions are some of the many reasons for traffic jams. Many have started using public transportation, especially now that many of us have returned to work post-pandemic.