Jeremy
14th September 2005, 20:16
Well this is strange, what on earth happened to the 8 o Clock rush hour?
EDIT: Day was Tuesday not Monday
On Tuesday I got up late (8 ish). Left home at 8:30 to head to bakery (about 10 minutes away). Would have gotten on the motorway at about 8:40.
I arrived at Auckland Uni from Manukau (~20km) at 8:55. I didn't see a car until I reached Ellerslie. Had 4 people talk about it at Uni, some of them had caught the express that wasn't meant to be at Uni until 10, and they were there at 9:10.
I thought it must have just been a fluke, then this morning I tried the same thing. There was an accident just before Papatoetoe so when I got on the motorway nothing was moving. Waited 10 minutes on the motorway. Then bam it all cleared, got to Uni at about 9:05.
Maybe the petrol prices have finally cleared up Auckland Traffic :clap:
Went through all the normal sources I could think off, but nothing else makes any sense. The Unis aren't off (At least Auckland, Massey and AUT aren't) and the schools aren't off.
Will repeat exact same steps tommorow to see if it still happens.
Since riding to the bakery takes me past two different schools I noticed something else. Primary school kids wave at you as you go past.
EDIT: Day was Tuesday not Monday
On Tuesday I got up late (8 ish). Left home at 8:30 to head to bakery (about 10 minutes away). Would have gotten on the motorway at about 8:40.
I arrived at Auckland Uni from Manukau (~20km) at 8:55. I didn't see a car until I reached Ellerslie. Had 4 people talk about it at Uni, some of them had caught the express that wasn't meant to be at Uni until 10, and they were there at 9:10.
I thought it must have just been a fluke, then this morning I tried the same thing. There was an accident just before Papatoetoe so when I got on the motorway nothing was moving. Waited 10 minutes on the motorway. Then bam it all cleared, got to Uni at about 9:05.
Maybe the petrol prices have finally cleared up Auckland Traffic :clap:
Went through all the normal sources I could think off, but nothing else makes any sense. The Unis aren't off (At least Auckland, Massey and AUT aren't) and the schools aren't off.
Will repeat exact same steps tommorow to see if it still happens.
Since riding to the bakery takes me past two different schools I noticed something else. Primary school kids wave at you as you go past.