100 Things To Do in a Traffic Jam
Crazy "balik kampung" jam seen on highway leading to Penang this year
Hey guys, I guess most of you are
already back from your kampung or holiday destination! Were you stuck in the
traffic jam on your way to your hometown? North-South Expressway (PLUS) estimated a traffic increase by up to 500,000 vehicles from its average 1.1 million users per day during Raya Holiday this year! That's a 300% increase in the number of cars!!
Traffic jams is a terrible waste of time. We've all experienced being stuck in
a traffic jam, a stream of cars for miles ahead of us and behind us. Whether
we're on our own or with a group of people in the car, there's always that
feeling of boredom - the feeling of having absolutely nothing to do.
While you might be dreading traffic jams as you drive along in the car, with my list of 100 things to do in a traffic jam, you'll never have to be bored on the road again.
Whether you're alone in a traffic jam or you're car is full up with friends, there's something for everyone to do when bored and stuck in a trafic jam!
While you might be dreading traffic jams as you drive along in the car, with my list of 100 things to do in a traffic jam, you'll never have to be bored on the road again.
Whether you're alone in a traffic jam or you're car is full up with friends, there's something for everyone to do when bored and stuck in a trafic jam!
1.
Sing to yourself.
2. Count, count, and count. See how many seconds you count before you're out of the traffic jam.
3. Look at the other cars. Find your perfect car that's being driven by someone else!
4. Put the radio on and sing along.
5. See how long you can hold your breath (but watch you don't pass out!)
6. Rate cars from 1-10. As the cars slowly drive past you, decide if they're 1 (really bad) or 10 (really good) or somewhere in between.
7. Have a go at doing different accents, e.g Italian, American, Australian. You might be surprised at how talented you are!
8. See how many different voices you can do, e.g different actors, cartoon characters
9. Look at the people in the other cars. Have a guess at what they work as.
10. While you're guessing their jobs, guess their ages as well!
10 Ideas: With 1 other person
2. Count, count, and count. See how many seconds you count before you're out of the traffic jam.
3. Look at the other cars. Find your perfect car that's being driven by someone else!
4. Put the radio on and sing along.
5. See how long you can hold your breath (but watch you don't pass out!)
6. Rate cars from 1-10. As the cars slowly drive past you, decide if they're 1 (really bad) or 10 (really good) or somewhere in between.
7. Have a go at doing different accents, e.g Italian, American, Australian. You might be surprised at how talented you are!
8. See how many different voices you can do, e.g different actors, cartoon characters
9. Look at the people in the other cars. Have a guess at what they work as.
10. While you're guessing their jobs, guess their ages as well!
10 Ideas: With 1 other person
1.
Sing together. See if you can make some cool sounds.
2. See who can hold a note for the longest time.
3. Just talk! Have a conversation.
4. Try and think of funny words and invent a new word!
5. Play a game of hangman. The driver can keep his/her eyes on the road, and the other person can do all the writing.
6. Make a list of your top 20 something e.g films, books, actors. Make sure the passenger does all the writing!
7. Write a song. Rap songs can be quite amusing. Have a go at rapping it when you're done.
8. If you have any sweets, then suck a sweet and see who can make theirs last the longest,
9. Take turns in describing your dream house.
10. Interview each other as if you were celebrities.
10 Ideas: In the car with kids
2. See who can hold a note for the longest time.
3. Just talk! Have a conversation.
4. Try and think of funny words and invent a new word!
5. Play a game of hangman. The driver can keep his/her eyes on the road, and the other person can do all the writing.
6. Make a list of your top 20 something e.g films, books, actors. Make sure the passenger does all the writing!
7. Write a song. Rap songs can be quite amusing. Have a go at rapping it when you're done.
8. If you have any sweets, then suck a sweet and see who can make theirs last the longest,
9. Take turns in describing your dream house.
10. Interview each other as if you were celebrities.
10 Ideas: In the car with kids
1.
If they're being noisy, have a competition to see who can stay quiet the
longest.
2. Think of things e.g aeroplanes, horses etc and get the kids to spot them. 1 point for every thing they spot!
3. Get them to count as much as they can.
4. Challenge them to try and say the alphabet backwards.
5. Get each of the kids to tell a story in turn.
6. Get them to sing something and you be the judge.
7. Tell them all to pick a letter of the alphabet each. Count the lorries that drive past with names on them beginning with their letter. Who is the winner?
8. Wave at other drivers! They're probably just as bored as you and the kids.
9. Count animals.
10. Get them to style each others hair...especially if they're girls!
2. Think of things e.g aeroplanes, horses etc and get the kids to spot them. 1 point for every thing they spot!
3. Get them to count as much as they can.
4. Challenge them to try and say the alphabet backwards.
5. Get each of the kids to tell a story in turn.
6. Get them to sing something and you be the judge.
7. Tell them all to pick a letter of the alphabet each. Count the lorries that drive past with names on them beginning with their letter. Who is the winner?
8. Wave at other drivers! They're probably just as bored as you and the kids.
9. Count animals.
10. Get them to style each others hair...especially if they're girls!
10
Ideas: In the car with 2 or more people
1.
Create your own choir! It doesn't matter if it's rubbish. Just have fun!
2. Write a poem.
3. Tell each other jokes.
4. Tell each other funny things that have happened to you.
5. Time to confess your most embarassing moments!
6. Test each other with mental arithmetic.
7. Each take turns to say a sentence which adds to the last one. e.g one person says "One day I was walking down the road." second person says "I bumped into an alien.". third person says "The alien gave me a box of chocolates"..etc etc
8. Play I-Spy!
9. One person closes their eyes. The others either stare at them or don't. The person with their eyes closed has to guess whether they're staring or not.
10. This is your opportunity to have a good conversation! Embrace it!
2. Write a poem.
3. Tell each other jokes.
4. Tell each other funny things that have happened to you.
5. Time to confess your most embarassing moments!
6. Test each other with mental arithmetic.
7. Each take turns to say a sentence which adds to the last one. e.g one person says "One day I was walking down the road." second person says "I bumped into an alien.". third person says "The alien gave me a box of chocolates"..etc etc
8. Play I-Spy!
9. One person closes their eyes. The others either stare at them or don't. The person with their eyes closed has to guess whether they're staring or not.
10. This is your opportunity to have a good conversation! Embrace it!
1.
Pretend you know the person next to you. Without winding down your window,
start waving and saying "Hiya, how you doing?"
2. Stare at the sky and point with a surprised face. Look around to see how many other people think you've seen a UFO.
3. Switch off the engine. When the traffic starts moving a bit, push it from outside! This will get people's attention.
4. Start beeping your horn repeatedly. Other drivers will probably join in, and you'll either cause chaos or a tune!
5. Listen to different radio stations and text or call them with pathetically stupid stories about aliens and UFOs. See how many get read out.
6. Meditate. People in other cars will think you've gone mad.
7. Smile and wave at everyone who drives past you. This will be more fun if you wear a pair of sunglasses.
8. Turn up the volume on your radio and open all your windows. Sing along at the top of your voice.
9. Turn up your music and start doing some exercises with your arms.
10. Start having an argument with yourself.
2. Stare at the sky and point with a surprised face. Look around to see how many other people think you've seen a UFO.
3. Switch off the engine. When the traffic starts moving a bit, push it from outside! This will get people's attention.
4. Start beeping your horn repeatedly. Other drivers will probably join in, and you'll either cause chaos or a tune!
5. Listen to different radio stations and text or call them with pathetically stupid stories about aliens and UFOs. See how many get read out.
6. Meditate. People in other cars will think you've gone mad.
7. Smile and wave at everyone who drives past you. This will be more fun if you wear a pair of sunglasses.
8. Turn up the volume on your radio and open all your windows. Sing along at the top of your voice.
9. Turn up your music and start doing some exercises with your arms.
10. Start having an argument with yourself.
1.
Practice your Maths problems.
2. Say your chemical formulas to yourself over and over again to get them in your head.
3. Think of hundreds of ideas to write stuff on Squidoo about!
4. Memorise car registration numbers.
5. Explore the way a ballpoint pen is made. If you have one that has ran out of ink, break it open and have a good look.
6. Turn on your windscreen wipers. Count the number of times they go back and forth in 5 minutes. Then divide it by 2, multiply it by 64 and add 37. What do you get?
7. 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12...etc. Add up all the numbers consecutively and see how far you can get.
8. Count all the cars.
9. Make up a sonnet in the style of Shakespeare.
10. Think of a subject you are knowledgeable about. Count how many facts you can list about it.
10 Ideas: People in other cars
2. Say your chemical formulas to yourself over and over again to get them in your head.
3. Think of hundreds of ideas to write stuff on Squidoo about!
4. Memorise car registration numbers.
5. Explore the way a ballpoint pen is made. If you have one that has ran out of ink, break it open and have a good look.
6. Turn on your windscreen wipers. Count the number of times they go back and forth in 5 minutes. Then divide it by 2, multiply it by 64 and add 37. What do you get?
7. 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12...etc. Add up all the numbers consecutively and see how far you can get.
8. Count all the cars.
9. Make up a sonnet in the style of Shakespeare.
10. Think of a subject you are knowledgeable about. Count how many facts you can list about it.
10 Ideas: People in other cars
1.
Stare at them.
2. Stare and watch as they get nervous and wonder what you're looking at them for.
3. Wave at them. Keep waving. You will be laughing at their facial expressions.
4. Have a race with another car if there is more than one lane. Obviously you can't "race", but see who's moving the furthest distance.
5. Beep at other drivers and wave.
6. Wind down your window and shout "Hello" at the drivers as you pass them.
7. Wind down your window and ask people if they know the way to a certain place that doesn't even exist e.g Narnia
8. Pretend to be getting annoyed with other drivers.
9. Look at other drivers and guess which ones are foreign.
10. Look at other drivers and guess if they are going to/coming from work or going somewhere else.
2. Stare and watch as they get nervous and wonder what you're looking at them for.
3. Wave at them. Keep waving. You will be laughing at their facial expressions.
4. Have a race with another car if there is more than one lane. Obviously you can't "race", but see who's moving the furthest distance.
5. Beep at other drivers and wave.
6. Wind down your window and shout "Hello" at the drivers as you pass them.
7. Wind down your window and ask people if they know the way to a certain place that doesn't even exist e.g Narnia
8. Pretend to be getting annoyed with other drivers.
9. Look at other drivers and guess which ones are foreign.
10. Look at other drivers and guess if they are going to/coming from work or going somewhere else.
20 Ideas: Completely random
1.
Wink at other people in cars as if you fancy them.
2. If you're with another driver in the car, then get out every 5 minutes and swap places.
3. Move your car forward an inch. Then drive it back an inch. Repeat this over and over again. Make sure you only move an inch otherwise you will end up causing a crash!
4. Look at what other people are doing. Do you see people getting out of their car? Singing? Waving? Maybe they've read this!
5. Make friends with someone. Wind down your window and start a conversation. "Isn't this traffic terrible?" "Where are you going?" "Do you have far to go?"
6. Follow somebody. If they change lanes, you change lanes too. But don't go off following them back home, you have places to go, remember?
7. Try and make words out of people's registration numbers.
8. Try and make words out of titles on lorries and vans.
9. Have a guess at what people's names are just by looking at them.
10. Make a sign saying "Honk if you have to pee" or "Honk if you are bored". See how many people are all beeping their horns!
11. Be thankful if you have some food in the car. Have something to eat.
12. Stop at a shop or service station and get a coffee.
13. Text all your contacts saying "I'm stuck in a traffic jam!" That will take you five minutes and you will get enough responses to keep you occupied for ages.
14. Practice for an important speech. Pretend you are having to speak in front of the whole country about some social issue.
15. Pretend someone is sat next to you and have a conversation with them if you are alone.
16. See how much you can remember from that morning. What did you have for breakfast? What did you do?
17. If other drivers are playing music, wind down your window and sing along to their songs.
18. Point and laugh at the cars that are old.
19. Clean out your purse or handbag.
20. Clean out your car. Get all the rubbish out of your car and put it in a litter bin if you pass one.
2. If you're with another driver in the car, then get out every 5 minutes and swap places.
3. Move your car forward an inch. Then drive it back an inch. Repeat this over and over again. Make sure you only move an inch otherwise you will end up causing a crash!
4. Look at what other people are doing. Do you see people getting out of their car? Singing? Waving? Maybe they've read this!
5. Make friends with someone. Wind down your window and start a conversation. "Isn't this traffic terrible?" "Where are you going?" "Do you have far to go?"
6. Follow somebody. If they change lanes, you change lanes too. But don't go off following them back home, you have places to go, remember?
7. Try and make words out of people's registration numbers.
8. Try and make words out of titles on lorries and vans.
9. Have a guess at what people's names are just by looking at them.
10. Make a sign saying "Honk if you have to pee" or "Honk if you are bored". See how many people are all beeping their horns!
11. Be thankful if you have some food in the car. Have something to eat.
12. Stop at a shop or service station and get a coffee.
13. Text all your contacts saying "I'm stuck in a traffic jam!" That will take you five minutes and you will get enough responses to keep you occupied for ages.
14. Practice for an important speech. Pretend you are having to speak in front of the whole country about some social issue.
15. Pretend someone is sat next to you and have a conversation with them if you are alone.
16. See how much you can remember from that morning. What did you have for breakfast? What did you do?
17. If other drivers are playing music, wind down your window and sing along to their songs.
18. Point and laugh at the cars that are old.
19. Clean out your purse or handbag.
20. Clean out your car. Get all the rubbish out of your car and put it in a litter bin if you pass one.
(Taken from http://www.squidoo.com/100-things-to-do-in-a-traffic-jam)
Which one is your favourite? Mine is asking stranger how to go to Narnia! Imagine their reaction when they heard that, haha! (^0^)
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