Question

Why is the term 'rush hour' used to describe the time of day with the slowest traffic?

Answer 1

iut comes from the ancient egyptians when they were in great camel trains, pushing ,yelling and shouting and camels trying to wander off not going where they needed too, the drivers went to the riverside and pulled a rush out of the rushes with which they beat wayward camels into line, which although VERY SLOW during that hour before the gates closed was usually successful and became known as the RUSH hour.. . If you believe that well !!!!!

Answer 2

'cos people want to rush home.. . I think it is pure sarcasm!

Answer 3

Slowest traffic is because Number of people go out on roads at the same time is to be called Rush Hour

Answer 4

because everyone's trying to get to the same place as you.

Answer 5

Because everyone is rushing to get home from work, thus causing a traffic jam.

Answer 6

Everybody's rushing to get to home or maybe a pub...

Answer 7

Because everyone is rushing to work or home from work. Too many cars and the traffic slows down.

Answer 8

I assume because everyone's in a rush to get somewhere (eg. work or school) so the traffic ends up being very slow because of all these people trying to get somewhere in a hurry at the same time.

Answer 9

Everyone is in such a "rush" to get home from work...

Answer 10

i dont get your question, but rush hour is that the people are entering ramps onto the highway at the last minute, and also depending where you live, rush hour in certain cities is much more worse than other cities.