The U.A.E. is the world's most vehicle congested country, study shows
There is an average of 553 cars for every kilometre of road
New research from Confused.com has revealed which countries around the world have the most congested roads.
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The country that came out on top is the United Arab Emirates which has an average of 553 cars for every kilometre (km) of road within the country. In second place is Hong Kong, followed by Singapore in third position.
In total, there are 2.25 million cars in the UAE, all sharing 4,080 km of road – that’s 37% more than the next most congested destination, Hong Kong and almost 520% more than the UK.
Hong Kong comes in at number two, with 390 cars per km of road, across a total network of 2,107 km. Following in third place is Singapore, with 192 cars per km on its 3,500km wide road network. Turkey (171 cars per km) and Bulgaria (160 cars per km) are close behind in fourth and fifth position, respectively.
Europe and Asia dominate the top 20, with Mexico and Egypt the only countries to feature from other continents.
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I live here in the UAE, specifically Dubai. Need to keep in mind that almost 90% of those 4,080kms of roads are at least 2/3 lanes wide in one direction, majority of motorways 6/7 lanes going each way. Makes for much less traffic than you'd expect looking at those numbers. Rush-hours still get busy, but nothing compared to other countries.
When I lived there I remember the rush hour traffic being a nightmare! Used to take us hours to drive to school on a morning
Is that because you bought too many Bentleys and forgot to park them?
*Rolls-Royces. I’m not a peasant
Go to India and see how vehicle congested it is
I actually cannot believe India did not make the list
Why isn’t India on there? That would be way up there
That's the problem with these so-called "studies". They only take in one set of data with no assumptions, no explanations, no consideration on external factors like the road conditions and the actual amount of traffic flow. It's total...
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