Sentences with phrase «stuck in a traffic jam»

«It's kind of like being stuck in a traffic jam and honking your horn at the guy in front of you,» says Canada West Foundation senior economist Michael Holden.

Once, she and a companion were stuck in a traffic jam on the highway, next to several young men in a pickup on their way home from deer hunting.

And we were stuck in a traffic jam.

In addition to the tolls, the supervisor and others have complained that vehicles stuck in traffic jams at the tolls are causing air pollution, with elevated levels of benzene that is harmful for Grand Island and Tonawanda residents.

Recently, I was chatting with a friend of mine and I told her how much I missed being stuck in traffic jams... as crazy as it might sound!

While stuck in a traffic jam in his native Philadelphia, a contingent of creatures begin to attack the city.

It's hard for me to tell conclusively, however, since I left work very late last night and got stuck in a traffic jam this morning.

People do not want to sit being stuck in a traffic jam.

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.

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

The Iyengar Yoga Institute of Birmingham, England, is developing an «innovative form of stress relief» designed to ease tension felt by millions of motorists stuck in traffic jams.

At times in our publishing gridlock, you can glimpse something akin to «phasing,» a concept familiar to motorists stuck in traffic jams.

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.

What's more, you won't have to worry about getting stuck in any traffic jams on the way to catch your flight either.

Instead, your overpriced gondola gets stuck in a traffic jam next to other tourists who decide to play Katy Perry at an obscene... [Continue Reading]

Some hotels, including the Stansted Radisson SAS Hotel and Gatwick Hilton, are directly linked to the terminal by a covered walkway - so you're sure to get to check - in on time and eliminate the risk of getting stuck in a traffic jam.

So, the Chinese guy stuck in a traffic jam in Shanghai in an MG, is — in his mind — going for a jaunt around some English country roads... and the Londoner with his Asahi beer is...

hanging / pending, contradictory, unstable and gentrified self portrait, smelling like malt, stuck in the traffic jam, needing to take a shit since a while ago, listening to martha debayle, the next day having read «campo de guerra» by sergio gonzález rodríguez, attempting to escape from the mystics of efficiency and competitiveness, with no signal on my cellphone, and dreaming about devouring a juicy papaya following the beat of «demolición» by los saicos, 2014

We'll be less likely to be stuck in traffic jams.

A driving school instructor usually warns his student drivers not to honk their horn if they get stuck in a traffic jam.

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.

If you are stuck in a traffic jam, and it may be hours before you are able to move forward, it makes sense to change lanes and exit on a side road where you can more quickly navigate around the traffic jam.

Today you may find yourself stuck in a traffic jam on the way to a listing presentation.

I was even less keen when I got stuck in a traffic jam and it took -LSB-...]

Reminds me of our annual vacays to Hawaii and how even when we're stuck in traffic jams, we don't seem to mind because there is just so much loveliness to take in.

One day — stuck in a traffic jam on the Bay Bridge in San Francisco — I could feel myself losing focus and spiraling into that very strange sensation of doom that is a panic attack.

You get stuck in traffic jams driving back.

Not exact matches

Ford's commercial, which is part of its ongoing «Go Further» marketing campaign, features a montage of clips of people getting stuck in various scenarios, from a stalled ski lift to a major traffic jam.

«Each group must stick firmly to schedule or, as happened during one of my visits, a kind of backlog of devotion can build up: foot - tapping Armenians were stalled behind impatient Greeks as an overflow of Copts intoned their prayers in apparent obliviousness of the traffic jam.

Teleportation - then I could do a lot more traveling without getting stuck in airports and traffic jams.

They got stuck in an immense traffic jam before the race.

«Over the 30 years we've lived on Grand Island, we've been stuck in so many traffic jams because of the narrowing to the toll booths and then leaving the toll booths.

A quick lesson for those stuck in underwater traffic jams: Don't honk at the fish in front of you.

While the outermost electrons on adjacent copper atoms interact with one another strongly, they ordinarily stay locked in place, stuck in a «quantum mechanical traffic jam» with nowhere to go, Davis said.

They described familiar examples: traffic jams, piles of sand, and coffee beans stuck together in a grocery - store hopper.

Got stuck for hours in the middle of massive traffic jam.

Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is a former United Nations troubleshooter suddenly faced with a global zombie invasion while stuck in a Philadelphia traffic jam with his loving wife -LRB-

Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is a former United Nations troubleshooter suddenly faced with a global zombie invasion while stuck in a Philadelphia traffic jam with his loving wife (Mireille Enos) and two young daughters (Sterling Jerins & Abigail Hargrove).

A medium talent at music in his youth, Danny, in the film's opening moments, is stuck in New York City traffic (made better by the nostalgic sounds of Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam's «Head to Toe» on the radio) while seeing his daughter (Grace Van Patten) off to film school at Bard following his recent separation from his wife.

Still, aside from a few rather Honda - ish components, it was a nice place to spend stuck in traffic while I put the new Traffic Jam Assist system to thtraffic while I put the new Traffic Jam Assist system to thTraffic Jam Assist system to the test.

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.

Weeks after the BMW X1 was caught in a wintry traffic jam en route to Chicago, associate Web editor Jake Holmes found himself stuck in a similar snafu on his way to — you guessed it — Chicago.

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.

World famous footballer John Terry, skipper of the football club Chelsea, ditched his Bentley Continental GT and started walking away (home, we presume) after he was stuck for hours in a traffic jam.

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.

These photos were taken in Garching, Germany and while some of the images appear to be nothing more then an ordinary traffic jam, but if you look carefully you might notice the red BMW 1 - Series that's sticking out like a sore thumb, which makes these photos a little more interesting.

Out roaming California's highways in the Taurus SHO, we got stuck in a few traffic jams; however, that was the fault of the local traffic authorities not providing updated reports, as the navigation system showed clear sailing.

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.

Indeed, a recent Wells Fargo / Gallup survey found that less than half of investors rebalance at least once a year, and 30 % said that given the choice between rebalancing and being stuck in traffic for an hour, they'd prefer to sit in the traffic jam.