A high-flying Chinese businessman has found the perfect way to beat traffic jams on his way to the office.
Instead of spending three hours in a car criss-crossing Zhuzhou city in Hunan province, Zeng Daxia learned to parasail so he can rise above the traffic jams and congestion.
“I work and live at different ends of the city, so I used to waste lots of time in traffic jams in my commute every day,” explained Zeng.
“Now I can drift above all of them and get to work in just a few minutes. There are a few of us doing it now because the traffic here is so bad,” he added.
Local flight regulations says the powered paragliders are legal as long as Zeng doesn’t fly over military air bases and keeps below 1,000 metres.
“It may sound cruel but I like to fly low – just so I can see the frustration on the drivers’ faces,” sajd Zeng.
November 16, 2012 at 8:24 pm
If his idea catches on, pretty soon birdmen will be crashing int.o each other at 1000 feet..
November 17, 2012 at 12:49 pm
I know Mary. And don’t think for one moment that there aren’t enough of these people around to take over the skies. lOL
November 17, 2012 at 1:41 pm
I’m still waiting for my Jetson’s flying car!
November 17, 2012 at 6:34 pm
I know, that would be so much fun.