The streets of Saarburg were brought to a standstill this morning, after three buses carrying schoolchildren arrived at the bus terminal within minutes of each other. The ensuing drama which included the children crossing the road to get to their school, combined with the arrival and subsequent departure of the buses, caused a traffic jam of well over 150 metres.
The turmoil lasted for more than 5 minutes and was recorded as Saarburg's worst incident of its kind for seven years. Back then, a drainpipe fell off a passing truck outside the Zenner hardware store, causing a traffic build-up that took a police officer to clear, once the driver had reattached the drainpipe to the back of his truck.
Today's event has made people wonder if it would be better to install a set of traffic lights at the junction, but as there are no traffic lights in the entire town, the council is worried that the bright colours would be a distraction rather than a benefit.
