The Inevitable slowdown…Traffic

David Banuelos
3 min readMar 8, 2022

Eventuality, all people run into it on any road they’ve taken. No matter where you go traffic will slow your drive-to destination. Frustrating stress for all that happens to come across everyone coming and going. Go any place on the road, traffic will be there to slow you down and it’s not stopping no matter how much anyone tries to avoid the commute.

Since the dawn of the motor vehicle, it has given us the ability to go on road trips to more places such as cities and towns new and old. From the late 19th century to the present day, vehicles have always taken up the road space wherever they drive. Either by yourself, to your job, with family or friends, or the city you want to see the road goes ever on.

One thing about being in traffic is that it’s always an irritating annoyance driving into it and driving in it. Take the freeway hoping to not run into traffic, then it happens. Driving alongside other vehicles and you slow down to a slow drive. Going to wait and wait forever that sometimes, the weather could be cold or hot, cloudy, a rainy day, no matter because you are inside your vehicle, displeased. Traffic can happen anywhere either by road construction, vehicle accidents, or just vehicles in all lanes, intersections, etc. it’s a damn hassle. Day or night.

People take issue with traffic because it’s a slow problem to drive where you’re going. Could wake up in the morning, 7 am, have to be at work, 9 am. Get in the car, jump on the freeway or street to the eventual traffic builds up going bumper-to-bumper. Hoping you won’t be late. Traffic feels like your always going to be late. Even trying to make a left or right turn with so many other vehicles hogging up that lane eventually you will make either turn. Drive your vehicle when the signal turns green only to come across cop car lights of a crashed vehicle scene as drivers drive slowly to look upon the accidental fender bender.

The feelings of traffic waste your time every time the wheels keep rolling slowly. Not only to drive at a slow pace but concerns for worries if the gas in your car doesn’t run out and you’ll be the one causing traffic delay. To deal with it as you are in it, turn on the radio, listen to a podcast on your phone, or find any other little distraction to ease the stress traffic irritates to all people.

Doesn’t matter who you are traffic knows no bounds. Vehicles, big or small, traffic gets in the way because that’s what it’s meant to do. It can be avoided for a certain amount of time but you’ll be caught up in it. The road often traveled is the road always taken to slow down.

When it’s time to get off work the commute builds up. Mainly he or she wants to go home or go hang out with their friends after work hours. That later at night when all businesses close down their would-be fewer vehicles traveling on the road to nearly no traffic.

Lastly, though, traffic can happen anywhere like if there’s an event happening, day or night. Could go to the movie theaters, drop off your kid at school, grocery store parking, parade, music concert, or wherever you’ll be, traffic is clever to exist not wanting you to speed away. The communication of a single purpose to slow you down and possibly be late. Traffic does this to all people that know of the annoyance of the inevitable slow ride on your travels.

For the video version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAqBZ9LrPL8

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David Banuelos
David Banuelos

Written by David Banuelos

3D Artist/3D Animator and Writer

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