A class of juniors got together during a passing period and used an underground tunnel to completely stop traffic. It's amazing these kids were able to get their sh*t together to pull this kind of prank off, but where were their teachers during all this? And if this is any indication of how students spend their time at school these days, then I completely understand why U.S.
August is the busiest month of the summer when it comes to traveling. Now that airport delays are at record highs, many people are hitting the open road - but with so many people having the same idea, you have to deal with traffic. If you're anything like me, you loathe the slow crawl so here are some tips to keep you sane behind the wheel.
Waking up to a ringing alarm clock on Monday morning is bad; hearing honking horns while sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic on the way to work is worse. But I'll take gridlock over this madness any day! How do these people get out of this intersection alive?
I'm sure you've all been one of those pissed off people, angrily clenching the steering wheel, cursing at the traffic that's making you late for work. Stress from driving can cause your blood pressure to rise and your emotions to get the best of you behind the wheel. People with such road rage honk their horn incessantly, yell at other drivers, tailgate cars in front of them, and weave in and out of different lanes, which can cause accidents.
Is this really necessary? All we want is a stinking traffic update and lover boy in the blue blazer serves up some wiggle with a little reporting on the side. Not.
This isn't the first time we've seen this news crew pull these shenanigans on the air. The dancing traffic dude has been replaced by a new reporter and she's keeping up his act. He's still around to join her, so we now have two sideshow dancers giving us their best rhyme and Roger Rabbit, as opposed to the updates.
We've seen our share of bad white boy rappers on GiggleSugar, but along comes a North Carolina traffic reporter named Jenny who makes Blazin' Hazen look pretty darn rap-tastic. Word of advice: Don't quit your day job, Jenny. Lady Sovereign, you are not.
We've seen dancing cops before, but this one has the nerve to boogie down right in the middle of traffic. Tony "The Dancing Cop" Lepore is a retired police officer from Rhode Island who voluntarily showcases his traffic-control choreography around the holidays each year. He shimmies to the beat of his own whistle and the crowds love him.
A current diplomatic showdown between the US and its motherland involves $4.7 million of unpaid fines US diplomats owe for refusing to pay London's traffic congestion charge.
So what are the transatlantic positions? The US calls the £8 per day charge to enter the city a tax.