Sentences with phrase «in a traffic jam when»

There is nothing worse than being stuck in a traffic jam when you need to be at an interview 10 minutes later and you know you are twenty minutes away from your destination.

Not exact matches

The first of trotting's Triple Crown events proved nothing when 13 sulkies were trapped in a traffic jam and a 15 - to - 1 colt romped home

But when a huge traffic jam sent tempers fraying in the weekend heat, it was John Prescott to the rescue.

The need for reform comes in the wake of the Bridgegate scandal of 2013, when access lanes to the George Washington bridge were blocked leading to a major traffic jam.

When applied to the road networks in actual cities, Transims did better than traditional models at predicting traffic jams and local pollution levels — one reason why Transims - inspired agent - based models are now a standard tool in transportation planning.

According to a study in the New Journal of Physics, traffic jams develop spontaneously when vehicle density exceeds a critical level, beyond which minor fluctuations in the flow of individual vehicles destabilize the whole thing.

The grains of cornstarch, they concluded, are so closely packed together that when the rod hits them, they have nowhere to go — like cars in a traffic jam.

When the temperature drops below a threshold temperature, small imperfections in the material trigger a kind of traffic jam for the electrons.

For instance, the computer model produced both the «shock waves» of congestion that travel backwards down motorways and create traffic jams where there is no obvious obstruction («When shock waves hit traffic», New Scientist, 25 June 1994), and the «slow fast - lane» effect, in which so many drivers move into the overtaking lane in frustration at the middle lane's lower speed that the middle lane becomes the fastest - moving.

The problem arises when not life - threatening stressors, such as getting all worked up in a traffic jam, feeling anxious about infertility, persistently worrying about a relationship or a work deadline repeatedly activate the stress response.

But when your diet is highly acidic (from eating processed foods, meat, dairy and sugar), red blood cells become clumped together, causing a «traffic jam» in your bloodstream that robs your cells of oxygen and robs you of energy.

Basically, the stress of deadlines and traffic jams and mobile phone ringing evokes the same physiological reaction that occurred thousands of years ago when anxiety came in the form of being chased by a rather large wild animal.

I drive so I keep focused on the traffic And when blocked in traffic jams I usually check my blog stats, emails and news!

After that evening with cocktails you look like when you arrived in Paris after your flight from NY AND your carride from London AND traffic jam.

When your relationship is full of drama created by his mama, the road to romance can feel like a traffic jam — with her in the driver's seat.

The Bengali 16 - year - old, who When your relationship is full of drama created by his mama, the road to romance can feel like a traffic jam — with her in the driver's seat.

A young man named Chris (Desmond Harrington) is traveling to a job interview when he takes a shortcut down a dirt road in order to avoid a traffic jam on the interstate.

Regurgitating pop songs in some semi-comic fashion is the new go - to for lazy brand marketers — sweet Jesus, how many times did we have to endure that «Sweet Caroline» traffic jam abomination — but, hey, turns out the gimmick actually works when you pony up for some top - tier talent.

When the filming for the Ghostbuster's final New York City showdown was taking place, the crew had to close several busy streets, causing a major traffic jam in midtown Manhattan.

Any enthusiast would appreciate its virtues in a traffic jam or when crossing vast swathes of I - 80.

When I was idling in a traffic jam on the expressway the whole front end of my truck was shaking and the noise was so loud the people driving next to me kept looking over.

Mercedes engineers point to the system's usefulness in traffic jams, and when we later were stuck in a slow crawl on the way back to Stuttgart, we could see their point.

When driving in heavy - flowing traffic or traffic jams, the driver is able to safely move along with the flow and let the vehicle's automatic systems handle the tasks of stopping and pulling away again as well as approaching junctions where there are already vehicles waiting ahead.

We recently learned that the AI Traffic Jam Pilot feature will not be a part of the A8's bag of tricks when it lands in the States in fall 2018.

When we found ourselves in a sudden traffic jam on a bridge, the brakes were strong, sure and precise.

When driving in slow - moving traffic or traffic jams, the driver is able to safely move along with the flow of traffic and let the vehicle's automatic systems handle the tasks of stopping, pulling away again and approaching junctions where there are already vehicles waiting ahead.

The 650S Spider's road - going manners were good enough that I didn't get too frustrated when stuck in a major traffic jam.

It also is one of the more technologically advanced compact sedans on the market with a new, optional feature called Traffic Jam Assist, which takes the burden off a driver in stop - and - go traffic, applying slight acceleration, braking and steering guidance when the car is stuck in traffic and speeds are less than Traffic Jam Assist, which takes the burden off a driver in stop - and - go traffic, applying slight acceleration, braking and steering guidance when the car is stuck in traffic and speeds are less than traffic, applying slight acceleration, braking and steering guidance when the car is stuck in traffic and speeds are less than traffic and speeds are less than 38 mph.

This light control is especially pleasant for other car drivers when stopping at traffic lights or in traffic jam situations, as they are met by a pleasant, dazzle - free brake and turn signal lamps.

They assist with accelerating and braking (longitudinal guidance) as well as steering (lateral guidance with the Traffic Jam Assistant), at the same time as relieving the driver of monotonous tasks, such as when driving in a queue of traffic on the motorway or in heavy city - centre tTraffic Jam Assistant), at the same time as relieving the driver of monotonous tasks, such as when driving in a queue of traffic on the motorway or in heavy city - centre ttraffic on the motorway or in heavy city - centre traffictraffic.

Driving one isn't engaging or exciting, but in its own way, that is freeing and relaxing when you're stuck in a traffic jam, but you look up and see that at least you're getting 50 - plus mpg, you're comfortable and the cabin is quiet relaxing and spacious.

You'd want that if you lived in a big metro area with freeway traffic jams, or for the miles - long accident backup when you're on vacation.

And when driving in congested traffic at speeds up to 37mph, the Traffic Jam Assistant is able to control the car's speed, steer automatically and keep it in ittraffic at speeds up to 37mph, the Traffic Jam Assistant is able to control the car's speed, steer automatically and keep it in itTraffic Jam Assistant is able to control the car's speed, steer automatically and keep it in its lane.

When he gets stuck in a traffic jam, he snaps his fingers again and teleports himself into a plain rural road.

In congested traffic, available Traffic jam assist provides gentle acceleration, braking and steering guidance when traveling at speeds between 0 and 40 mph.6 Attentive driving The features discussed are not substitutes for attentive dtraffic, available Traffic jam assist provides gentle acceleration, braking and steering guidance when traveling at speeds between 0 and 40 mph.6 Attentive driving The features discussed are not substitutes for attentive dTraffic jam assist provides gentle acceleration, braking and steering guidance when traveling at speeds between 0 and 40 mph.6 Attentive driving The features discussed are not substitutes for attentive driving.

At one point, I found myself stuck in a small traffic jam and was surprised to find that I wasn't as frustrated as I normal am in such a situation — possibly because of the «green glow» that you get when start to believe that you're saving the environment by driving electric and that you're not wasting fuel (and money) by idling.

Stop - and - go traffic waves — «phantom traffic jams» — emerge when small perturbations — such as a lane change, merge, or just because of natural osciallations in human driving — amplify and grow backwards along the road.

It does not matter how quick your manual gearbox responds or how reliable it is when you get stuck in a huge traffic jam and suffer excruciating pain in your left leg constantly depressing the clutch.

This system worked very well, even when I activated it in a traffic jam with cars going 20 mph.

Don't mock it until you've been sitting in a traffic jam for three hours with no end in sight, you've finished your current book, and your only other option is to listen to your husband yell at the other drivers about why there's no reason for traffic like this when you have 12 lanes.

It would all make for a spirited discussion on the upcoming episode of CCS, especially when juxtaposed against the footage they were also running of patients parked like cars in an L.A. traffic jam in litter - strewn corridors, moaning for attention, some of them duct - taped to the wheelchairs.

Every now and then when I'm commuting to and from my little house in Brighton to the big city, I get stuck in a traffic jam.

As traffic conditions are unpredictable, there's just no telling when you would have to jam the brakes in case of an emergency.

When cats develop certain types of liver disease such as cholangiohepatitis or hepatic lipidosis (sometimes called fatty liver disease), the accompanying inflammation can cause a bile traffic jam in the liver and biliary ducts — the pathways that bile travels into and out of the gallbladder.

This year guest panels and the masquerade were held in a different part of the SECC building, freeing up space in the two main halls which, along with some general restructuring of the layout, gave people a lot more room to move around compared to two years ago when there were severe cases of traffic jams.

I remember one from my Nintendo days where Giles (fellow coder on StarFox) and I had been drinking with the Nintendo staff, this was towards the end of StarFox 2 and Giles had just got the loose leaf documentation (several hundred pages) for the very early prototype of the N64... anyway, I didn't have my bicycle so I hitched a lift on the back of Giles» (it had two metal pegs attached to the back wheel that you could stand on, and this kind of «double riding» was often seen in Japan in the 80s and 90s)... anyway, we get back to town and we're crossing a busy road when Giles hits a pothole or something and we go flying, but so do the 100s of loose leaf pages, all over the road in central Kyoto... and the walk light blinked to red so we were laughing our heads off, completely drunk, frantically scrambling around picking up all this top secret documentation, jamming up the traffic.

Hisao Oguchi: The idea for Crazy Taxi first came about when we got stuck in the middle of a traffic jam!

Now someone please tell me why anyone is going to want to make anything, green or not, in California when they can make it next door in Nevada or Arizona, or Mexico (or in China like most everyone else), where they don't have cap and trade costs, onerous labor laws, overpriced housing, traffic jams 24 × 7 (like in LA), etc..

Enjoying the moment is another thing you can do when you are already stuck in the middle of the traffic jam.

The question is how you can show your knowledge from the driving school when you are in the traffic jam.