Daily English 287 - A Traffic Jam

Learn how to talk about heavy traffic and being stuck on the road in English. Dialogue/Story I was on my way to a restaurant to meet my date for dinner when I hit a traffic jam . I saw that the road was congested , but since I had to take the bridge to reach downtown, I had no choice but to stay on that road. The traffic was bumper-to-bumper . One crazy driver even tried to drive on the shoulder to get around the backup . But as it turns out, there wasn't any way to bypass it because the backup wasn't due to an accident, a stalled car or some rubberneckers . It was because of road construction and only one lane was open. After 25 minutes of stop-and-go traffic , I was at my wit's end . My date was sitting at the restaurant waiting for me and I didn't have her cell phone number. What's more, I was really hungry. Finally, I got past the road construction and was on my way again. I drove a little recklessly , but I had to make up for lost time . I really liked this girl. The last thing I wanted was to make her think that I stood her up !