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Static flash on the highway: the visual perception of the traffic jam before May Day

author:Really Justis 7L4

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Countdown to work before May Day

Every festive season, especially when the bell rings to get off work, it seems that thousands of troops can't stop the footsteps of embarking on the way home. People's anticipation for a long holiday is like the enthusiasm for an annual sale, and no one wants to miss it. Packing bags, tidying up the table, and even some people don't forget to feed the goldfish at home in order to avoid the nagging of their families after returning home. On the eve of this anti-anticipated festive season, the air in the office is filled with a sweet aroma called "holiday".

Netizens who are basking about road conditions

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Of course, this expectation is not without its challenges. Traffic jams, like invisible battles, have colored many people's cheeks with frustration. The news of traffic jams, like that uninvited party buster, is always unexpected. The road map posted by netizens on social media looks like an artistic picture scroll performed on a city map using the principle of thermodynamics, with lines of various colors intertwined, telling a "static" story. Some netizens compared their first time on the road to a "debut" - a tragic debut, because on this important day, heavy rain and long queues of traffic in Wuhan followed.

The experience of catching the high-speed rail ahead of schedule

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Traffic jams don't just make people late, they can frustrate long-planned plans. For example, the passenger who left for the high-speed train two hours earlier knows that time is everything, but even if it is advanced, time is not always on his side. Time was pressed on pause in front of a traffic jam, and the ticketing system was not so patient, resulting in the passenger having to change to the kind of green train that was so slow that you could enjoy the scenery along the way.

Static flash on the highway: the visual perception of the traffic jam before May Day

The story is not over here, what follows is a series of twists and turns about the netizen in Guangxi who "spit fish bubbles in his dream", he experienced taxis, traffic jams, rebookings, and changing stations, every step is like passing the test, and finally being able to sit at the station, and that peace of mind is probably a precious thing that is difficult to experience in ordinary days.

Static flash on the highway: the visual perception of the traffic jam before May Day

Jiangsu netizens' highway traffic jams

The friend in Jiangsu, who was already stuck on the highway at three o'clock in the afternoon, can be said to have experienced a realistic version of "Fast and Furious", but the whole process was carried out in low-speed mode. The car is like a motorcycle on the track, but there is no passion, no speed, only the minutes and seconds passing.

Static flash on the highway: the visual perception of the traffic jam before May Day

This netizen sat in the car, and the world outside the window seemed to be still, only time was moving. He might have thought that if he could drive at the maximum speed limit, he might be lying comfortably on the couch at home right now.

Guangzhou netizens' exchange on the line conditions

Static flash on the highway: the visual perception of the traffic jam before May Day

The online consultation behavior of the netizen in Guangzhou may be seeking a kind of spiritual comfort. At this time, everyone's experience becomes a topic of communication. The sharing of information between each other is like a large-scale online sympathy meeting, and everyone is expressing their helplessness and bitterness about the common phenomenon of traffic jams in their own way. The Internet has a unique role to play here, allowing people to find a spiritual empathy even when facing the same dilemma.

Static flash on the highway: the visual perception of the traffic jam before May Day

The red driving section of Changsha netizens

The experience of the netizen in Changsha is more intuitive, and the driving section of the driver is red on the map, like blood in a vein that cannot flow smoothly. He was in the car, through the map on the screen of his mobile phone, and witnessed the fate he was about to face - congestion. It's like receiving a not-so-pleasant gift in advance, but this "gift" seems to come as scheduled every holiday without any surprises.

Static flash on the highway: the visual perception of the traffic jam before May Day

At the end of the day, this phenomenon of centralized vacations, combined with policies such as free highways, always seems to turn the roads into alternative party venues. You see, we're all here, every holiday is going to be like this, we know it's going to be blocked, but we're obsessed with this contrast between expectation and reality. Interestingly, despite the fact that everyone knows that this happens, the reminders and exhortations before each holiday always seem to be ignored, and people still leave on time as usual and then get stuck in traffic jams on time.

Static flash on the highway: the visual perception of the traffic jam before May Day

This is probably a special ritual in modern life that allows us to find a balance between busyness and relaxation, even if the balance is slightly distorted. Netizens, what do you think? Do you also have a story of "being blocked" and want to complain? Or is there any clever way to avoid being blocked? Speak freely in the comment area, and let's discuss this seemingly unsolvable but repeated "traffic jam drama" every year.

Static flash on the highway: the visual perception of the traffic jam before May Day