{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Traffic School","title":"March 13th, 2026 - The Bread-Cutting Masterclass","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2215,"description":"This episode of Traffic School begins like a caffeine-fueled fever dream inside a radio studio where productivity goes to die. Viktor rolls in sounding like a man who has already emotionally clocked out for the day, complaining about his chaotic morning, the mountain of work his boss dumped on him before disappearing, and the impending financial devastation caused by purchasing extremely expensive Nine Inch Nails tickets. Meanwhile, the show immediately devolves into the hosts openly begging listeners to call in because otherwise Viktor will simply sit there panic-multitasking while pretending to work. It’s a chaotic opening that sets the tone for the entire broadcast: part traffic education, part public meltdown.Lieutenant Crane then drops the first piece of actually useful information like a responsible adult trying to maintain order in a daycare center full of sugar-addicted children. Traffic between Rexburg and Idaho Falls has essentially doubled over the past decade—from roughly 15–25 thousand cars per day in 2015 to a jaw-dropping 44,000 vehicles daily. This revelation explains why everyone on the road now behaves like they’re competing in a Mad Max qualifying round. The discussion spirals into the “Move Over Law,” which Viktor immediately gets wrong in spectacular fashion before Crane patiently explains that if emergency vehicles are on the shoulder, drivers must move over to the next lane—or slow down 15 mph under the speed limit if moving over isn’t possible. Apparently, many drivers interpret this law as “panic, stop, signal, and create a miles-long traffic jam,” which defeats the entire purpose and turns the freeway into a slow-motion demolition derby.The conversation then swings wildly between traffic safety and complete nonsense, including conspiracies about police secretly working for drug cartels. One bar patron apparently tried convincing Viktor that law enforcement officers are all secretly collaborating with criminals like some kind of...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/qIAJ-BjOF3B3aRT7fyXuTuFEPN_4vxl4nFzS_NqVGPc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xZjkx/OTEzMjMyYzA0YjE5/ZDRmOTkxZDk2NjE1/MTc2OS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}