These people dancing during a traffic jam is straight out of a scene from 'La La Land'

The only logical thing to do.
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Yvette Tan
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Remember that unrealistic opening scene in La La Land when everyone got out of the car during a traffic jam and just started dancing?

It's just happened in real life.

A group of around 30 men and women in China decided they had enough of waiting during a traffic jam and decided instead to come out of their cars to dance.

The commuters in Shandong city were filmed bursting into a synchronised song and dance on the emergency lane.

According to one onlooker in the video, the group danced for around 10 minutes.

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It is not yet clear if the dance was planned or if the group belonged to a flash mob, but they look pretty spritely for people dancing in -1°C (30°F) weather.

"Which company organised this?" said one netizen on Chinese social media site Weibo.

"They seem so passionate about their dance!" another commented.

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Others weren't so optimistic.

"The emergency lane is meant for emergencies. This is so dangerous and irresponsible!," one netizen said.

Oh well -- maybe some scenes should only be played out in movies.

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Yvette Tan

Yvette is a Viral Content Reporter at Mashable Asia. She was previously reporting for BBC's Singapore bureau and Channel NewsAsia.

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