Visitors jams are a sure-fire way to trigger road rage.
They delay journeys, producing some drivers aggressive and consequently dangerous. They waste fuel, they’re noisy and they lead to pollution.
So, exactly where in the globe fares the worst for road congestion?
Sat-nav provider TomTom reckons Istanbul in Turkey is the most congested, ranking 1st for its clogged-up evening rush hour and the amount of time drivers commit toiling in traffic.
The congestion index contains measures of travel times for the duration of peak periods, congestion levels primarily based on the time and day, and delays encountered throughout a 30-minute commute.
TomTom’s annual site visitors index is measured annually and looks into the effect of targeted traffic congestion in over 200 cities around the globe.
The index revealed that, if you have to drive throughout the evening rush hour, you can anticipate to spend double the time in the car, on typical, stuck in traffic than if you ventured out at one more point in the day.
In the UK, Belfast was located to have the most congested roads, with an average of 104 hours a year spent in site visitors. It was followed by Manchester (94 hours) and Edinburgh (93 hours).
Verify out the worst offending cities in the UK and about the world…
Worst UK cities for time spent per annum in congestion
Visitors jams are a confident-fire way to trigger road rage.
They delay journeys, producing some drivers aggressive and consequently unsafe. They waste fuel, they’re noisy and they result in pollution.
So, exactly where in the planet fares the worst for road congestion?
Sat-nav provider TomTom reckons Istanbul in Turkey is the most congested, ranking 1st for its clogged-up evening rush hour and the quantity of time drivers invest toiling in site visitors.
The congestion index involves measures of travel instances during peak periods, congestion levels primarily based on the time and day, and delays encountered throughout a 30-minute commute.
TomTom’s annual targeted traffic index is measured annually and looks into the influence of targeted traffic congestion in over 200 cities about the globe.
The index revealed that, if you have to drive for the duration of the evening rush hour, you can count on to devote double the time in the car, on average, stuck in traffic than if you ventured out at one more point in the day.
In the UK, Belfast was found to have the most congested roads, with an average of 104 hours a year spent in targeted traffic. It was followed by Manchester (94 hours) and Edinburgh (93 hours).
Verify out the worst offending cities in the UK and about the world…
Worst UK cities for time spent per annum in congestion
Belfast – 104 hours
Manchester – 94 hours
Edinburgh – 93 hours
London – 92 hours
Nottingham – 85 hours
Brighton & Hove – 84 hours
Bristol – 82 hours
Southampton – 80 hours
Leicester – 79 hours
Leeds – 78 hours
Globe rankings primarily based on overall congestion levels
Targeted traffic jams are a sure-fire way to trigger road rage.
They delay journeys, making some drivers aggressive and therefore hazardous. They waste fuel, they’re noisy and they trigger pollution.
So, where in the world fares the worst for road congestion?
Sat-nav provider TomTom reckons Istanbul in Turkey is the most congested, ranking 1st for its clogged-up evening rush hour and the quantity of time drivers spend toiling in site visitors.
The congestion index consists of measures of travel occasions in the course of peak periods, congestion levels based on the time and day, and delays encountered throughout a 30-minute commute.
TomTom’s annual visitors index is measured annually and appears into the effect of visitors congestion in more than 200 cities around the globe.
The index revealed that, if you have to drive in the course of the evening rush hour, you can expect to spend double the time in the auto, on average, stuck in site visitors than if you ventured out at an additional point in the day.
In the UK, Belfast was identified to have the most congested roads, with an average of 104 hours a year spent in site visitors. It was followed by Manchester (94 hours) and Edinburgh (93 hours).
Verify out the worst offending cities in the UK and about the world…
Worst UK cities for time spent per annum in congestion
Belfast – 104 hours
Manchester – 94 hours
Edinburgh – 93 hours
London – 92 hours
Nottingham – 85 hours
Brighton & Hove – 84 hours
Bristol – 82 hours
Southampton – 80 hours
Leicester – 79 hours
Leeds – 78 hours
World rankings primarily based on general congestion levels
Metal icons Slayer are all about quick, loud, and violent. The gothic-macabre Slayer Scion tC that Toyota will bring to SEMA this year embodies at least 2 of these qualities, with a skull-festooned aesthetic and an interior crammed complete of with audio gear.
The black and red coupe has custom airbrushed skulls on either side and the Slayer eagle logo on the hood. Billet sword blade wheels with menacing spike center caps and ominous red lighting accents dial up the demonic aesthetic outdoors that is taken care of in the cabin by a skull shift knob and sword-hilt emergency brake handle. Custom seat inserts mimic the covering on a Marshall amp.
Don’t strategy on bringing any back-seat passengers, though—as if they’d want to be stuck in the back of a tC anyway—as the Pioneer audio system packs a wall of speakers behind the front seats, while the hatchback opens up to reveal 2 suspended stacks of Marshall amps. A slide-out tray in the back bumper reveals 2 guitar jacks. Yes, you can plug straight into this automobile and use it as a mobile stack although the trunk-mounted 32-inch screen shows what ever your cold, metal heart desires.
Oh, and it is going to rain blood in Vegas: Scion says unspecified Slayer members will be at SEMA to plug into and play by way of the tC.
The 24 Hours of LeMons has returned to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for the third annual Halloween Hooptiefest, and we’ve got some fascinating machinery among the 130 or so entries that rolled into the garage for our traditional Friday car inspections. Let’s take a look! First of all, the Mod Squad Vanagon made everyone stagger back in awe. The recipe: Take one third-gen Toyota MR2 that was wrapped around a shopping-mall light pole in a fit of ill-advised hoonage, take a Vanagon body and chop 11″ out of its height, do some cutting and pasting. Yes, it is now an MR2 with a giant box-shaped airbrake and 800 pounds of additional weight… and one of the greatest race cars we have ever seen. Will it be faster than the GoWesty LeMons Vanagon, with its VR6 power? We’ll see on Saturday. We have more Audis at this race, by far, than we’ve seen at any previous LeMons event. This is partly due to the 5 identical V6-powered Audi 90s brought by the 4-rings-loving G-Tron Racing team, but we’ve got at least another 4 of the things at this race. Since A V6-engined 90 was the first Audi to take a win on laps in LeMons, there’s a small chance that we could see another Audi win (but that’s not the way to bet). Meanwhile, we also have more Subarus than at any previous race, so it’s conceivable that the car company that sports the Pleiades on its logo might manage to claw out its first LeMons overall win. The LeMons Supreme Court’s traditional BRIBED stencil for the ’14 Hooptiefest refers to recent events that have put New Hampshire on the national radar screen. The crazy Russians of Sputnik Racing have converted their Nissan Quest minivan into an excellent Monty Python and the Holy Grail-themed racing machine. We see a lot of Monty Python-themed LeMons teams, but never one with a cast this large, not to mention the first Black Knight costume that actually pumps “blood” from the arm stumps. Speaking of medieval costumes, the Game of Crumple Zones Acura Integra team (winners of the Organizer’s Choice trophy at the Real Hoopties of New Jersey race) have constructed a “throne” out of a radiator and tire irons harvested from their local junkyard. The team also wears “crowns” made from old head gaskets and “rings” made from hose clamps. Halloween may be the most LeMon-y holiday, and we saw many good costumes. Here’s a team that has chosen to dress not as characters from Smokey and the Bandit but as fans of the movie. That’s a distinction that’s probably lost on most normal people, but we get it. The Merkurian Falcon team is back with their Skid Row Star Wars costumes. That Wookiee is looking pretty mangy. The first team to bring a Volkswagen New Beetle to our series put together a credible Rocky Horror Picture Show theme. 3 Pedal Mafia celebrated Halloween by reprising all of their costumes from previous races. The Lemontarians added a Chevrolet Citation X-11 to their stable, and the team put together a gigantic wedding party, complete with matching bridesmaids. 2 members of the team got married 20 years ago, and their honeymoon car was the groom’s daily-driver Citation X-11. So the team recreated both the car and the wedding for our race. This Mustang had competed in East Coast LeMons events for the last couple of years with a 4-cylinder Pinto engine and a giant wing on the roof. For this race, the team converted the car into a Mad Max Falon XB. Now, we’ve seen a more accurate Mad Max Aussie Falcon replica in our series, but did that car have a right-hand-drive conversion? This team imported a European Ford Granada steering box from the UK to make this happen. In what may be a first for a Fox-body Mustang, his car now has Datsun L28 power, courtesy of the now-stripped-and-crushed Spaceballs-themed Datsun 280ZX. The team even brought cans of Dinky-Di meat-and-vegies dog food! With so many members of the Volkswagen Golf/Jetta family here, it takes something like this to stand out from the crowd. The Super Grover Rover P6 is back for another shot at Class C glory. If you’re looking for your first 24 Hours of LeMons car (and you don’t feel like choosing one of our wish-list cars), you could do a lot worse than an early Chevy Cavalier wagon. This car will be competing in Class C against the likes of the Sputnik Quest and the Super Grover Rover this weekend. To see how the first day of racing at the ’14 Hooptiefest sorts out, check in on Saturday night.
