Novel Method to Leave the Traffic Behind

Nothing has more strength than dire necessity - said Euripides, the ancient Greek tragedian and to this day his observation holds good. Inconvenience and trouble drive us to find solutions and every conceivable problem gives birth to a necessity.

Man invented vehicles to transport themselves between places. With the progress of civilisation came more complexities. Time being of essence, the need to be transported faster has grown each day. New faster modes of transport have been introduced. With greater number of vehicles being added each day to the roads, the pressure on roads have increased and now it has reached a stage where it has become counter-productive. There are roads, freeways, flyovers and there are a plethora of vehicles. The end result is that people still find it extremely difficult to reach their destination on time. Bumper to bumper traffic jams have undone all that had been achieved as people are still stuck with the necessity to be transported faster.

As is the wont of us human beings, methods have been devised to circumvent traffic jams and transport people to their destination from among the myriad traffic formations. Elevated buses are being proposed as the niftiest solution to traffic jams and other countries are also waiting to see how far this endeavour is successful, so that they in turn can adopt the same. 

Interestingly some Chinese entrepreneurs have found out an ingenious solution to transport people stuck in traffic jams. For a fee people will sit for you in your car which is caught in a traffic snarl up and you shall be transported to your destination in a motorcycle. Your car shall be delivered to the destination of your choice. The concept has innovation written all over it. In a car crazy country like China the ever increasing number of cars easily slowdown traffic to a standstill and for those who have an urgent date or business meeting to attend it is extremely useful to be transported to their destination on time.

Desperate motorists call up the service providers from their cell phones to be rescued from the jam. Two people from the company arrive on motor bikes. A contract form is signed which stipulates the terms and the fees to be paid. The service provider guarantees that since their drivers are professionals no damage will be caused to the car.  For a fee the driver is relieved of his pain of sitting inside his car in a jam and transported to his destination on a motorcycle. Various options and variations with commensurate prices exist. At times only one person is sent to drive the car while the owner/driver is free to arrange for means to get away. Women drivers seek this service more often than not as it is distinctly uncomfortable for them to physically sit in the car for such long stretches of time. People having important business meetings to attend and those in a hurry to catch a flight are the others who avail of this service.

China's traffic jams are monstrous and they have made international headlines in recent years when jams have lasted for weeks and stretched for more than 100 KMs (60 miles). Beijing along with Mexico is notorious for their traffic congestions. This service may not be available in all cities across China, due to certain restrictions against use of freeway by motorcycles in some cities, however it is thriving in smaller cities like Jian and Wuhan.