Latoya Grindley, Features Writer

These giant holes on Trinidad Terrace caused confusion in New Kingston yesterday. - Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer

What would normally have been a 30-minute drive from Portmore in St. Catherine to downtown Kingston turned into a tiresome 80-minute journey filled with frustration yesterday. Marcus Garvey Drive in St. Andrew was the culprit this time around.

For anyone using that roadway, it took an average of an hour to traverse the entire stretch.

The necessary manoeuvring that motorists had to employ to avoid the craters in the road caused utter confusion at times, which only contributed to the traffic snarl.

Curse words

Many a curse word was thrown around as drivers, already agitated by the long lines, hurled insults at any and everyone trying to cut in front of them.

But switching lanes meant very little, as one lane was as bad as the next.

One motorist, who was assaulted with profanity for his indecision on the roadway, was left no choice but to ask for divine intervention, stretching his hands to the heavens and muttering to himself before planting them heavily back on his steering wheel.

"Watch here, I hungry already and this (the bad road) just jerking out what I don't have in my system. Pregnant woman caan even drive on this road 'cause them must lose the baby," said one frustrated male driver, much to the amusement of his female passenger.

Many drivers, alone in their cars, were seen in deep, annoyed conversation with themselves as they vented their frustration.

As one driver said, "All when mi go work I don't want anybody seh nothing to me, because them things here jus' upset me. Look from when I leave my house, I even feel tired."

Dangerous holes

Left: There are potholes on Trinidad Terrace in New Kingston that test the limits of even the largest SUVs. Right: Crater alert! These deep potholes on Michael Manley Boulevard in Kingston brought drivers using the roadway much frustration yesterday.