r/mapporncirclejerk • • 22h ago

Truly, factually, 8 hours

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u/Sir-weasel 22h ago

For the UK, 8hrs on the M25 = still on the fucking M25 in traffic

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u/gregredmore 22h ago

You can spend your entire life on the M25 provided you never exit at a junction 😅

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u/Sparky_092 22h ago

You'll spend your entire life on the damn M25 anyways, even if you try to get the next exit

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u/Al-Lunar 22h ago

There's an episode of Doctor Who about this

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u/Gizogin 16h ago

“Gridlock”, I believe.

Babies are born near one of the on-ramp equivalents. By the time they reach the next exit, they’ll be just about ready to start school.

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u/towerinthestreet 21h ago

One of the ones that haunts me lol

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u/feculentcuntfist 20h ago

This is for all of you out there on the roads: We are so sorry. Drive safe.

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u/AlternateSatan 11h ago

There is also an SCP that is exactly this. SCP-7034. It's just a highway highway with endless congestion.

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u/Borstolus 21h ago

Well: A7 in Germany goes all the way from Flensburg, on the Danish border up in the very north of Germany to Füssen on the Austrian border in the very south. 🤷‍♂️

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u/SpacePumpkie 20h ago

The joke is that the M25 does a loop, not that is long

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u/Borstolus 20h ago

Ok. Didn't know that. 😅

Then take the A10 around Berlin. 😘

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u/oshitimonfire 19h ago

Wait the ring highway around Berlin is called the A10? The ring around Amsterdam is called the A10 as well, funny

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u/Asleep_Chart8375 15h ago

Nothing beats Highway 1 in Australia!

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u/gtne91 19h ago

Which is worse, the M25 or I-285 around Atlanta?

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u/gregredmore 18h ago

The M25 is getting on for twice the length of the I-285. The I-285 might be more congested I wouldn't know.

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u/gtne91 18h ago

I asked ai and the short version is "it depends". They are the two most notorious ring roads for congestion.

It sounds like London is worse overall, but Atlanta is worse for specific bottlenecks.

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u/Embarrassed-Hand-781 18h ago

As I push up my glasses I will say...

"Erm, technically it's not a loop, it's an aggressive C. The Dartford Crossing is an A-road."

Etc, etc...

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u/Downtown_Let 13h ago

Not sure why you were downvoted, you're right. The only full loop motorway in the UK is the M60.

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u/gregredmore 12h ago

Shhhh! Don't tell anyone and they might not notice 😅

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u/LovelyKestrel 16h ago

No the joke is that the traffic jams mean you never get to the next junction, especially if the next junction is the M4

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u/Technically_Salt28 19h ago

Does that go near Ausfahrt?

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u/SubArcticTundra 13h ago

It's funny, you can take as many exists to Ausfahrt as you like, hut you'll jever quite get there

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u/SabreToothSandHopper 17h ago

You can exit any time you like, but you can never leave