gridlock

1. (countable, uncountable)A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone else's way.

   Verkehrsinfarkt, Verkehrskollaps

   зато́рzatór

   заторzator

2. (countable, uncountable)On a smaller scale, the situation in which cars enter a signal-controlled intersection too late during the green light cycle, and are unable to clear the intersection (due to congestion in the next block) when the light turns red, thus blocking the cross traffic when it's their turn to go. Repeated at enough intersections, this phenomenon can lead to citywide gridlock.

   Stau

   про́бкаpróbka, зато́рzatór

3. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Any paralysis of a complex system due to severe congestion, conflict, or deadlock.

   Stillstand

   тупи́кtupík, засто́йzastój, мёртвая то́чкаmjórtvaja tóčka

1. That really would cause some serious gridlock.

   deDas würde wirklich einen ernsthaften Verkehrskollaps verursachen.

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2. Gridlock occurs when cars block intersections.

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3. This city suffers from gridlock.

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4. Traffic gridlock, soaring property prices and the influx of migrant workers are putting pressure on the country's laidback lifestyle.

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