It's that dreaded image no one wants to see when they're getting
onto the highway -- a flat, hazy sea of cars that are stuck
bumper to bumper, barely moving an inch when some space frees
up. The experience of being trapped in a traffic jam is hard
enough psychologically for most people. Usually we're late for a
meeting or some other appointment, so the stress of being unable
to get to your destination as easily as possible can be
upsetting. Plus, you're fully enclosed in your car, strapped in
by your seatbelt and things tend to get a little claustrophobic.
Unless you choose to abandon your car, you don't have anywhere
to go until traffic clears up. Coupled with all of these traumas
is the fact that when you sit in traffic, your car is still
running, and it continues to burn gas. On hot summer days, even
if you're inside an air-conditioned car, you can almost feel the
heat coming from all of the exhaust pipes surrounding you on the
road. So as it turns out, as you sit there in traffic, you're
not just stressin