Here’s where it gets properly ridiculous: the traffic jam was nine miles long. That’s longer than the entire island of Manhattan is wide. People abandoned their cars to walk to a nearby McDonald’s, only to find it had a queue of its own. The drive-thru was not amused.
Surprising fact: The average Briton spends 124 hours per year in traffic. That’s enough time to learn fluent Klingon, watch all of 'The Wire' twice, or finally understand your tax return. Today, that number got a little boost. You’re welcome, statistics.
M3 reopens following multi-vehicle crash near Fleet involving two
Heroes and Horrors of the Queue
One man started a card game on the hard shoulder. Using a flattened cardboard box and a marker, he invented a game called "M3 Monopoly." The properties? "Junction 8," "The Queasy Burger Van," and "That Tree That Ruined Everything." He sold three sets before police moved him along.
Another driver live-streamed the entire thing to TikTok, earning £47 in donations before her battery died. She then plugged her phone into the car charger, but her car was a 2012 Fiat that needed a jump start, so she ended up bartering jump cables for a bag of crisps. Desperate times, people.
