Insane Traffic in Los Angeles

Aerial footage shows incredible bumper-to-bumper traffic in Los Angeles as Americans travel for Thanksgiving. abcn.ws/2foIrp5
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[@claudec2588]

You can pretty much guarantee your pizza is going to arrive cold.

[@primex3497]

Pizza time!

[@jaewlol]

You can guarantee your pizza would have gone old by the time you get it!

[@mustynuts1294]

5 years later and it’s around the corner

[@Artuar3CRaFT]

Yeah man 😅

[@duncandixon7151]

Advertised arrival time, 3-5 business days or less.

[@LS-Moto]

This is an example of what a car centric city looks like in its terminal stage.

[@RealNiggaBob]

Terminal stage? What other options would people have if they don’t have their own vehicles. Nobody can fly to work on a helicopter.

[@LS-Moto]

@@RealNiggaBob That is the problem. People don't have other options, because the city is poorly designed. Good cities have walkable neighbourhoods and efficient public transportation. None of those things are given in American cities and everything is build to car scale, not human scale. Search for urban channels talking about this problem. There's plenty of those.

[@Ivan-yq9rc]

@@RealNiggaBob Hey genius, great question. Ever heard of public transportation that can efficiently take multiple people in a single trip? Imagine being pro car focused cities and having no clue about what realistic solutions are..... its so obvious

[@xmtxx]

@@LS-Moto Yep, think about the fact that all the passengers in the cars you saw in this video could fit in one or two metro train. Cars are highly inneficient to transport people.

[@Ilovelosangeles]

@@LS-Moto You obviously don't live here. If you're going to live & work in L.A., you could possibly get away with walking in your immediate neighborhood or taking the Metro. But these freeways you see here, are connecting major cities to other major cities. There is no way for someone in Sherman Oaks, Woodland Hills, Sylmar, Oxnard, etc. to walk to Los Angeles, Pico Rivera, Beverly Hills, LAX area, Santa Monica, etc. You won't even understand a word I'm saying, because you don't live here. But trust me........anyone living here would laugh at your comment and think you're nuts. The population here is massive; the areas are massive; this is not a small town in Germany.

[@lolz-y4d]

It’s actually kind of cool how the lanes align perfectly for a solid red and white

[@bigchris9213]

Watch it and play Christmas music in the background

[@lonzojr3149]

@@bigchris9213 damn nigga that's cool😁

[@bigchris9213]

@@lonzojr3149 lol corny asf dude 😎

[@anushreesurve3878]

Why red and white alignment though?

[@natechenheng1380]

this is how it looked at 5 AM when i was leaving for LAX! it was really dark, but so beautiful seeing both sides of the road, white and red.

[@sleazycakes]

if only there was some sort of way of transporting masses of the public without needing cars...

[@mvptryme7688]

I'm talking about this often but think of busses instead of cars. the average car has 1.3 passengers so a bus could be used instead of 76 cars or a big bus instead of 123 cars. If all those people in the videos traffic would drive in a bus they would just drive a nearly empty road that's relaxed and faster anyways. and to that u could use trains for additional transportation. But all that didn't serve the rich oil king America is sucking on so hey...

[@kepazino]

Al they need is two out of 26 lanes to be bus exclusive, and maybe some space for a bike. But hey that would be a sensible thing to do. We don't do that here

[@BulgarianMaid]

p u b l i c t r a n s p o r t a t i o n

[@Homegrown1993]

@@mvptryme7688cough cough.. trains

[@user-sf7kl9uh7k]

​@@kepazinoOne bus lane could remove 70% of the traffic, but yeah that's too sensible

[@AshwinKrishnaraj]

If it wasn't for all the pollution and people suffering, its a beautiful thing to look at.

[@H8nji]

Existential comment

[@justhere4637]

And being stuck in traffic for hours.

[@extraoridanaryexplorations1479]

What suffering

[@MFYouTube683]

At some point, LA is just not going to work anymore. It‘s too inefficient, too sprawled out, too wasteful, too expensive, too dehumanizing and too antisocial.

[@catsforhire9116]

Within the next ten years I think people will start to realize living in big cities isn't "it"

[@MFYouTube683]

@@catsforhire9116 the big urban centres -yes, I agree. Smaller cities can work. Often do.

[@karlosdaniel6537]

Car centric urban design destroyed the cities.

[@hairybelly9910]

I was driving home once on Friday from LA to SD and it was right after traffic like this lightened up but the people were in a rush to get home and it was still packed but everyone was going 80+ on a windey 5+ lane freeway. I’m a decent driver but I was amazed how nobody was crashing. I could hardly change lanes and worst of all they have old freeway lines which are still slightly visible and the new lines don’t follow the old ones and if you’re not careful you will accidentally go into the other lane.

[@enoch8835]

80? Thats it? But i know what your talking about with the old and new lines, my cars lane assist will act funky and i have to turn it off

[@kotokid31]

That looks... legitimately unbearable.

[@javime99]

The 405 in LA when the traffic is flowing

[@melaniexoxo]

I never get to see it from this perspective, but yeah, we're used to it.

[@daWizard.]

Must be a pretty life

[@13thBN]

@@daWizard. it’s not I fucking hate this town lol

[@mattfeldman2043]

It might just be me but I LOVE driving the day before thanksgiving. Even tho it’s insane and chaotic and super delayed, it really makes me feel like I’m a part of the holiday hustle and bustle. Sets the mood for me completely

[@nirvanic3610]

I feel, but I only like it for the first time, after that it's a slugfest.

[@stevejones8090]

lmao you need a life bruh

[@runeplate123]

@@nirvanic3610 exactly lmao… especially if you went for a quick errand and now you gotta suffer 2hrs

[@Ivan-yq9rc]

Clown. I'm pretty sure you're the only one who feels that way.

[@gabrielrodriguez585]

least car addicted american

[@chilllbro8782]

I lived in LA and often found alternative routes through the hills or made sure I left before or after traffic.

[@jblyon2]

So you left before or after you lived there?

[@Elkysium]

Just need a lane with blue lights now!

[@davidm4677]

For now its Polish flag xD

[@Elkysium]

:p

[@daWizard.]

@@davidm4677 or Indonesia

[@zed5822]

To make France’s flag 🇫🇷

[@Mrbrycejames]

Yes!

[@gothicisbestrpg]

Biggest Polish flag:)

[@infamousmobbdeep1]

portland trail blazers logo

[@hendrixdowns404]

You are right!!

[@charliszedelossantos5546]

But reversed

[@adrianlanief85]

@@charliszedelossantos5546 yeah that's because the helicopter is looking up from south to north, but if it were looking from north to south than yes.

[@MickeyFan1928]

And this is why my family packed up our stuff and moved away...we ran into traffic while moving -_-

[@utube1255]

So u had to stay? XD

[@sengin1534]

a legend says that they are still in traffic :D

[@BrooklynBaby100]

Where’d you move to

[@yourcasualblackfriend5227]

@@BrooklynBaby100 they’re still moving

[@BrooklynBaby100]

@@yourcasualblackfriend5227 🤣

[@BlessedLifeLoveandFaith]

They look like Christmas lights:)

[@minkrobeII]

break lights are red....wtf

[@trees915]

BRAKE* wtf?

[@minkrobeII]

***** fuck off typo corrector

[@trees915]

minkrobeII Fuck off, stupid, uneducated loser!

[@kj-jb9kj]

HOLY SHIT! I never ever saw that many cars in a traffic!

[@Frozen_fyactal2554]

This is practically everyday in LA

[@EastwardTraveller]

And in 30 years time the world will have twice the amount of vehicles on the road. The fun is only beginning!

[@josephmountford2292]

People are important

[@youngvices7938]

Coronavirus

[@youngpatrick29]

They’ll have to eventually restructure all city highways. Make them 10 lanes each way. Something they should’ve initially executed

[@user-sf7kl9uh7k]

​@@youngpatrick29You can't build your way out of congestion

[@psadelachute363]

Show that to Saudi Arabia, they would ❤️LOVE❤️ it !!!

[@MIC2077]

why?

[@baljinderm460]

lool

[@penseroso4721]

⛽️

[@user-sf7kl9uh7k]

@@psadelachute363 MBS is a considered and intelligent man, why would he love this?

[@jeremyy.1703__]

In San Diego its like this daily for 1 or 2 hours at most (4-6PM) on Some freeways so its not that bad. And in L.A its like this for 4-8 hours(1PM-7PM) EVERYWHERE.

[@Preetzole]

"Just add more lanes"

[@user-sf7kl9uh7k]

That's been tried!

[@NiceBeatsOfficial]

THAT GIRL IS A REAL CROWD PLEASER

[@NiceBeatsOfficial]

Black Salami what?

[@laughinelf]

please leave rap music out of this..

[@fujithegreat6069]

This is such a 2016 comment.

[@tooties545]

Big deal, this is a normal day in LA.

[@KurtS.87]

I would go insane if I had to drive through that traffic every day. I know a lot of people live out in the mountains and so they have to deal with it every morning and evening. If I had to live in LA I would live as close to my work as possible.

[@L1623VP]

Most people do try to live as close to work as possible, but it doesn't always work out. In LA, they have many super commuters, as they're called, who face traffic daily because they drive over 100 miles each way to get to work in the city from where they live. I personally know a woman who doesn't live with her husband Monday through Friday, but shares an apartment with a friend near where she works in Torrance. After work on Friday, she drives out to her home in Lancaster to be with her husband on weekends. It's that crazy. the Even if you could live 10 minutes from work, you'd still be affected by traffic jams on the weekend, going to see friends, meeting at entertainment venues, etc. You can somewhat minimize the impact of the traffic on your life to a certain extent, but you simply cannot avoid it altogether.

[@KurtS.87]

@@L1623VP I live in San Antonio Texas and traffic is mild compared to that. Sometimes I get stuck in traffic going to the store but nothing like the video.

[@V.E.R.O.]

I live in LA and I've always made sure to live close to my job, the furthest I've commuted was 30 minutes. I'm now lucky to work from home!

[@petralopez3331]

That is normal for Los Angeles

[@user-sf7kl9uh7k]

@@petralopez3331 It's terrible

[@zetareticuli757]

Tesla's Solution: More cars, except electric, but underground in tunnels. LOL

[@anotherrandomasian]

Ngl, its beautiful. Imagine taking a smoke of Marlboro on the roof of your apartment, overlooking the highway.

[@nathanielriesterer9103]

Ten o clock at night and its six lanes bumper to bumper 75-80 mph. Loved it!

[@dalialule8112]

I live in LA and the traffic is always this way. It sucks.

[@kepazino]

Why don't you fight for train or bus lanes

[@kepazino]

Or bikes

[@bbqchickenwingsofredemptio449]

we're still stuck in it 6 years later, whelp!

[@LeonidJP92]

Just one more lane bro! And we'll fix traffic forever! Granted 300%!

[@albertodillon]

In L A you must need a car

[@user-mm4hx2ds2y]

Motorcycles ok ?

[@Thatmattdoe]

@@user-mm4hx2ds2y Mehhh, wouldn't risk it with all the retarded drivers over here.

[@DaddysFastestSwimmer]

@@Thatmattdoe But theyre allowed to lane split out there.

[@Thatmattdoe]

@@DaddysFastestSwimmer Yeah but it takes one jackass to be texting & driving to swerve into another lane and potentially hurt an innocent motorcyclist. It goes both ways, just depends on how you look at it. IMO not worth it.

[@heathweather5995]

why would you travel during busy times. you like stress?

[@joada211]

Sexy Max I like them too but I don't want to spend them for two hours after work.

[@heathweather5995]

Sexy Max . You like it when cars unexpectedly cut in front of you disrespecting you.

[@utube1255]

dude when nearly everyone use private car to commute IT`S ALWAYS A BUSY TIME)

[@enyssarodriguez6103]

i see this vid in my recommendation while i’m stuck in traffic in la😭

[@standard-carrier-wo-chan]

Happy 17th of August, Indonesian independence day! Thank you Los Angeles for celebrating with us xD

[@AnthonyFarrer_TPG]

What's new, it's always traffic in LA! 😂

[@tls5870]

On a positive note, I notice there's not many gappers. You know, those people that drive in bumper to bumper traffic not daring to get any closer than 50 feet to the person in front of them and then slam on the brakes when someone changes lanes 25 feet in front of them. Gappers are extremely prevalent in Atlanta. Somehow I always wind up behind them.

[@steff8250]

I've lived there and it does get horrible! 😖

[@cesarbabyloco3326]

Come back beautiful

[@nativeam25]

Where are u now? Vegas? GBTC

[@ispeakmythoughts9866]

That's the most insane mannequin challenge I've ever seen.

[@LadyJoCroft]

Holy Moly, You could leave your car, grab a hot dog, come back, and nap in your car. I love my lil Delaware 😮❤😂

[@karlosdaniel6537]

Wanna solve traffic? SO SIMPLY BUILD RAILWAY LINES AND REMOVE HIGHWAYS

[@pasqallysquigglyjunior277]

That would be a bad idea a really bad idea

[@jamebrooke894]

Now imagine your EV is showing a low charge warning and traffic stops. Sounds like GREEN IS GOOD. 😂😅

[@keyatecephus9144]

That's Los Angeles for you one thing I hate about my city is 5:00pm traffic

[@RowlexEnterprise]

Reminds me of those sour strawberry candy belt

[@fandomstudio5849]

Have a bus lane, where it's illegal for cars to drive in and that can force people to take public transport and get through the traffic quicker. Also having cameras that take photos of the bus lane/police that patrol it can ensure that no cars are driving in it.

[@PiratedProd.]

lmao not that simple. The city of LA has been trying to figure out how to fix the traffic for decades, it’s not a matter of transit like buses but rather the bad highway system.

[@fandomstudio5849]

@@PiratedProd. The more roads they build, the more people buy and use personal vehicles. Similarly, the more public transport they create, the more it will be used. Have a look at this vid: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKuaoGaph910a8k They have over 10 lanes of highway that they could be using for public transport.

[@user-sp2yu9zt6h]

@@PiratedProd. the vaccine will solve this issue

[@Ivan-yq9rc]

@@PiratedProd. No, it is quite frankly a matter of alternative modes of transportation to cars. You're insane if you disagree after watching this video and decades of thinking that an extra lane would solve the issue. Obviously not. Buses are way more efficient and so would a better metro system. Even rail is a good solution. Go find your brain

[@Ivan-yq9rc]

@@PiratedProd. So tell us how to solve the bad highway system... what is bad about it anyways? You couldnt be more wrong here buddy.

[@TheFinalStanza94]

imagine a 12 lane highway being bumper to bumper for hours...

[@Preetzole]

If american cities keep developing that way, i dont doubt itll happen some day

[@hiddinlife]

I'm glad I live in San Diego

[@JackMustang]

Imagine if EMS can’t get to the hospital fast enough in this traffic before the person dies all of a sudden.

[@L1623VP]

Yes, and I said for years when I lived there that if there was ever an emergency where large numbers of people had to be evacuated from LA, it wouldn't be possible; millions of people would perish. They're literally trapped by their own presence, their congestion. It would be like those stories we hear about from concerts where hundreds of fans rush the stage and people get crushed and die.

[@pasqallysquigglyjunior277]

Just don’t take the highway☠️

[@HaedenBeck]

Jesus, and I'm pretty sure that bus I saw is going to be off schedule! :D

[@Lincolnator721]

Yay. Some unintended overtime lol

[@Preetzole]

And thats the problem, everybody is in cars because its a 2 hour traffic jam whether youre in a car or a bus. If busses had their own lanes (or better yet, there were trains) then less people would be on the road and there would be way less traffic.

[@ddr_drogba777]

In chandigarh,India... Here if we are stuck in traffic for a couple of minutes...!!! We call that INSANE TRAFFIC...

[@spookydude24]

Sadly there was no footage this year because of Covid :( Looking at this traffic was a yearly tradition for me lol.

[@Freethinkers219]

This video alone makes me never ever want to get caught in that

[@user-ki1uc8ij3i]

Geez! Be safe everyone, Happy New Year🎉

[@thejeffinvade]

Beijing is worse than this everyday. At least they are moving.

[@JYJ_YJY]

maybe need a drink buttle

[@lsubandtrumpet2014]

thejeffinvade im sorry but LA has the worst traffic in the world

[@adrianlanief85]

Yeah moving 3 feet every 5 minutes they don't call it the parking lot for no reason.

[@fdannn6926]

This is child's play compared to highway 401 in Toronto, the busiest highway in North America.

[@hughjass8383]

That's why having a hovercraft to fly is a helluva lot better than driving

[@omnikickflip9000]

This is why I'll never in my life live in California. I'm only going to visit California, use it up and then leave

[@arcademcFLy]

From the traffic to the gangs to the homelessness…what’s so special about la again???

[@roachtoasties]

It's worse now. They say more people than ever are working from home since the pandemic, but I sure can't tell when I get on L.A. area freeways, or even just city streets. Where is everybody driving to?

[@ElMestizoo]

Looks like an american flag

[@larryjacklin1683]

I've seen some traffic cut not that kind of traffic...I wonder if it would be faster to get to the destination using smaller roads.

[@matthewhanna9115]

💫High speed trains/rail needed💫

[@Shawn666Hellion]

Bet NYC was similar both places and of course Chicago have very busy freeways

[@86kickass]

Nyc only has 3 lane highways though

[@Zones33]

BUT WE NEED WIDER ROADS RIGHT?!

[@selfisht]

You can see it from space most likely.

[@masonbgamewithme1132]

Man that lasts 4 or 5 hours to get out of this traffic😳

[@Karol.M92]

its a Polish flag. Best regards from Poland :D

[@sougatdas9837]

They are trying to make the flag of Poland🇵🇱🇵🇱

[@vanhohenheim3589]

Canada is waiting

[@brannray]

No, they're probably taking Trumps idea for a wall and running with it. They want to keep us from immigrating there! LOL! #PlotTwist

[@ScarzzzYT]

This looks like Steely Dan's Aja album cover.

[@deannaspencer8988]

Rush hour Traffic in Los Angeles, California RIGHT ABOUT Now

[@thenbenagcz3931]

Oh LA traffic got Polish flag 🇵🇱

[@Funnyfrancis01]

There are many great things in Los Angeles, but *THIS* isn't one of them.

[@user-bm5ed2yw4f]

Typical Friday night in la and New York

[@EliasRoy]

LA Traffic giving a salute to Poland 🇵🇱

[@user-hf3eb8lj5g]

Why do ppl even live in L.A? at this point

[@kepazino]

Maybe it's about time put some bikelanes,buseslanes or train lanes? You gotta love general motors

[@yuhboris304]

I could never and will never live in LA

[@wa798]

I still say in the US, the DC metro area has the worst traffic. Even though LA has 3x the number of people that DC has, DC has a road system that is 30 years behind the population b/c the idiots that designed the road system never planned for a population boom. At least LA has major sideroads & detour options

[@antoniodalton75]

However we have the best public transit in the country which helps.

[@dontusemyusername3208]

Looks like chirstmas lights and the polish/Indonesian flag

[@lsubandtrumpet2014]

405 likes means the 405 freeway lol

[@EastwardTraveller]

Don't worry everyone, we're gonna "tackle" anthropocentric climate change. But we also have to pursue more exponential economic growth. In fact, more growth is the most important thing in the UNIVERSE.

[@garybaines6442]

Why isn’t there a subway trains in LA

[@Homegrown1993]

Because murica

[@YABUKIJOE2077]

Literally hell

[@FlexinGains]

Amazing footage appreciate la weather never has shame

[@WaggyTales]

Imagine running out of gas

[@anwpecirotan]

They making Indonesia Flag

[@lifeisamatrix5960]

imagine a evacuation. no thanks I'll stay out on the boonies.

[@archie_bunker]

That's incredible

[@ddrdanganvloger2187]

Now we just need blue and you have the flag.

[@wardogkilla]

Is it the 405 fwy??

[@Biospark88]

Just a normal Friday night here.

[@Thecollectingman42]

These are the same people who complain about global warming.

[@trainfan998]

And I thought Atlanta was bad.

[@kevinnorris6558]

The traffic isn't so bad considering that it's moving. It would be a lot worse if it was stop and go.

[@itsrobloxhere]

Light traffic in California be like:

[@MichalKos9]

The Biggest POLiSH flag on earth ! ... and the Biggest parking area .

[@johnnybravo8129]

There's to many people on this planet

[@beslypaul2]

Kobe got me here rip kobe....