Bumper-to-bumper traffic, diesel-belching vans, and groups of school children on bicycles jam the roads.

CNN: The snows of Erukenya

When she realized she was a sitting duck in bumper-to-bumper traffic, Black turned around and found herself directly in the path of the most violent part of the storm.

NPR: Cleanup Goes On As Storms Move Toward East Coast

Super Cruise is designed to ease the driver's workload on the freeway, in both bumper-to-bumper traffic and on long road trips by relying on a fusion of radar, ultrasonic sensors, cameras and GPS map data.

ENGADGET: Cadillac road tests self-driving Super Cruise tech, could hit highways by mid-decade

These alerts will enable drivers to plan and share alternative travel routes, improve traveler safety and help transportation authorities better predict and reduce bumper-to-bumper traffic before it occurs through improved traffic signal timing, ramp metering and route planning.

ENGADGET: IBM shows off Smarter Traveler traffic prediction tool

According to a December 2011 report from the US Department of Transportation (DOT), 77% of the 6, 002 drivers surveyed admitted to answering phone calls on all, some or most car trips and said that there are only a few situations (such as bad weather or bumper-to-bumper traffic) where they would refrain from talking on the phone.

BBC: Should cars be a mobile-free space?

The radio news isn't urgent, peppered with useful English phrases: traffic jam, bumper-to-bumper.

NPR: Gridlock Gripped Karachi After Bhutto's Slaying

During peak commuting hours, traffic into and out of Silicon Valley--30 miles away--can be bumper-to-bumper.

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