Date:  Fri, 22 Mar 1996 13:47:01 -0600

From:  Katherine Catmull <kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BGA.COM>

Subject: Re: gapers' block



On Fri, 22 Mar 1996, Bruce Gelder wrote:



> The act of slowing to look is called "rubbernecking" here in Salt Lake

> City, but I've never heard a word for a traffic slowdown specifically

> caused by that, just general things like "traffic jam" and so on. I've

> never heard "gapers' block."



Rangers and other park workers in Yellowstone refer to "bear jams" and

"buffalo jams," etc.



(I'm a daughter and grandaughter of former Yellowstone rangers; my mother

and four of my siblings have also worked there at various times.)



Kate Catmull      kate[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]bga.com