VIDEO: Is this worst traffic jam ever?

What happens when 750 million people try to go home after a national holiday in China?

VIDEO: Is this worst traffic jam ever?
Sat, 10 Oct, 2015 - 01:00
Steve Neville

Total gridlock, that’s what!

After the Golden Week, a week-long national holiday, took place in China, authorities were left to deal with 50 lanes worth of traffic trying to travel on the Beijing to Hong Kong expressway.

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