Too much of a [good]sic thing...

China's massive traffic jam in it's ninth day now, a torture I would only wish on my worst enemies:

Meanwhile India's cities are also choked with the recent proliferation of automobiles:

I guess they should not have been so quick to give up on their humble, but efficient bicycles in order to worship at the feet of the false motorized savior. We are seeing the same cycle of more and more road building to accommodate more and more vehicles, that we have experienced in this country for so long. Can people/nations not learn from the mistakes of others?