2006-07-07 13:29:50 · 17 answers · asked by greebo 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
Brilliant question and you caught 16 unsuspecting victims plus me for me 2 pints. I suspect only English could come up with the word 'rush' for 'static'. You have em copped laddie. Keep on truckin' BTW, there's a huge list of those kind of dafts out there in the web. Some other gobdaw will probably beat me to the source but heck! That's life
2006-07-08 06:19:10 · answer #1 · answered by SouthOckendon 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Because when the term first came into use one didn't have the extreme of population and people getting off work would be in a rush to get home . Due to the continuous increase in population especially in cities and the suburbs(where the jobs are) traffic is so congested that its slow moving in areas but once it thins out who is even keeping the speed limit-if it 55 the majority are going 65-70 , at the least 15 miles above the speed seems to be the norm for all traffic even when its not the rush hour-so everyone is rushing.
2006-07-07 20:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of people TRYING to rush to and from work. If you still want to really rush and go fast during this time, only a motorcycle or scooter will do.
2006-07-07 20:33:20 · answer #3 · answered by motocat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because everyone is "rushing" to get home, causing more careless driving, higher frustration amongst drivers and more drivers on the road = more congestion. Hence, "rush hour."
2006-07-07 20:33:07 · answer #4 · answered by death__from___above 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because everyone is rushing to get home, but it doesn't work that way unless you take public transportation like a train.
2006-07-07 20:38:06 · answer #5 · answered by Irish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because everyone is 'Rushing' to get home. So that causes the slow down.
2006-07-07 20:32:57 · answer #6 · answered by Joey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My understanding is that this term refers to the time of day when average 9-5ers are in a "rush" to get home from work (or to work from home).
2006-07-07 20:40:00 · answer #7 · answered by Qrissy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because people are rushing into the streets and rushing to get home
2006-07-07 20:33:12 · answer #8 · answered by Sulli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rush as in .....Really Unsuccessful Speeding Home
2006-07-07 20:36:46 · answer #9 · answered by BackMan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because everybody's "rushing" to get home from work.
2006-07-07 20:34:34 · answer #10 · answered by MICKEY D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋