English-Danish translations for traffic jam

• trafikprop
  Han fortæller mig, at han sad fast i en trafikprop. He tells me he was caught in a traffic jam.
  For 11 år siden sad min ældste søn - der var meget ung dengang - og jeg fast midt i en trafikprop i Jerusalem, fordi der var en bombe et eller andet sted. Eleven years ago I and my eldest son, who was then very young, were stuck in the middle of a traffic jam in Jerusalem because there was a bomb somewhere.
  Vi skal gå bort fra idéen om, at økonomisk vækst nødvendigvis skal være ledsaget af en vækst i transporten, for ellers står vi i løbet af kort tid med en permanent trafikprop. We must banish the idea that economic growth must of necessity go hand in hand with transport growth, for, otherwise, we will soon find ourselves stuck in a permanent traffic jam.

Definition of traffic jam

• A situation in which road traffic accumulates until it is stationary or very slow

Related words

• traffic congestion traffic jam
• traffic jam assist
• traffic jam chauffeur
• traffic jam pilot