It is known as traffic jam to the massive permanence of numerous vehicles that is caused in a common way by an increase in the fluctuation of cars on common roads, the traffic can also be caused by unexpected or fortuitous accidents, defective signs and other aspects that may influence automobile transport. According to the nation in which the traffic jam is located, it can receive numerous names, for example: Venezuela is called a queue, in Guatemala it is called a traffic jam, a traffic jam in Ecuador and Spain, a traffic jam in Colombia and so on.
Of all the names that are known, they all have the same purpose, to identify the increase in the totally saturated automobile flow, reaching a point where the vehicle has to be stopped completely, mainly damaging the hours invested and the gasoline consumed in a trip scheduled. This situation in the urban area is observed more than anything in the “peak” hours, they are those entry and exit times shared by many people in their work area, since they are all on the same roads at the same time, the traffic jam is caused.
The consequences that result from a traffic jam are numerous, mainly the vehicular congestion that causes the unleashing of massive accidents, which is contradictory since the cars are immobile for a certain period of time; This is due to the fact that the driver in desperation to get to his destination quickly loses control by staying static in the middle of the road. Although there are numerous accidents, these are not usually serious since drivers in the middle of a traffic jam drive at a low speed.
