Human gridlock in China as snow forces commuters off buses

Heavy snowfall has created human gridlock on China with hundreds of commuters spilling onto the road after ditching their stationary buses.

Aerial footage from CCTV News shows a make-shift footpath swelling to the same width as the street.

The vehicles are no better off than the pedestrians, with buses and cars brought to a standstill.

The chaotic jumble of people and cars took place on Tuesday at the Liuzhuang bus stop in Zhengzhou, the largest city in north-central China.

Zhengzhou is no stranger to massive traffic jams with more than 2.2 million registered vehicles trying to navigate the city's streets.

While Zhengzhou's traffic is frequently appalling, this latest incident has nothing on the nation's capital when it comes to anarchy on the streets.

In 2010, Beijing motorists were stuck in a 100km traffic jam which lasted for 12 days.

Weather had nothing to do with the Beijing jam, it was merely the result of too many vehicles on the road, Forbes reports.