Perselisihan antara dua walikota di Paris menimbulkan kekacauan arus lalu lintas di ibukota Prancis. Banyak warga pengguna kendaraan bermotor tidak tahu rambu yang harus mereka ikuti jika mereka mendapati dua rambu jalan searah yang berlawanan.

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Commuters had a nasty surprise on Monday when they found one of the main routes into the French capital was blocked. Drivers heading the other way were confronted with 'no entry' signs in all directions. For two days there was chaos among bemused drivers at the point where the two rival systems converged, with all traffic forced down one side road.

Vox pops: "It's a real mess now for a lot of people who are forced to go by car to their work and go back to their home by car."

"It's difficult to go to work We lost between 15 or 20 minutes, per day."

The confusion followed a decision by the mayor of Levallois Patrick Balkany, from France's ruling right-wing party. He wanted to introduce a one-way system to free up traffic through his borough.

Fearing an overspill into his district, the mayor of Clichy Gilles Catoire, a socialist, brought in a one-way system running the other way. The local prefect, representing the French state, has issued a decree ordering the immediate return of two-way traffic in Clichy, accusing its mayor of provoking serious disorder. Mr Catoire is refusing to back down, saying he'll challenge the decision in court.

Alasdair Sandford, BBC News, Paris

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commuters
komuter, orang yang pergi pulang dari rumah ke tempat kerja setiap hari kerja

was blocked
di sini, macet, arus lalu lintas tidak bisa bergerak

heading the other way
berkendaraan ke arah yang berlawanan

chaos among bemused drivers
kesimpang-siuran di antara pengemudi yang kebingungan

rival systems converged
cara yang berbeda dan bertentangan (di sini cara mengendalikan lalul-intas) bertemu

forced down one side road
harus mengikuti jalan yang sempit (yang biasanya tidak cocok untuk lalulintas padat)

overspill
luberan, luapan, di sini berarti tambahan arus lalulintas yang ditimbulkan oleh sistem satu arah pertama dari Levallois ke arah Clichy

issued a decree
mengeluarkan putusan resmi, menetapkan

provoking serious disorder
di sini, membuat pengemudi bingung dan menimbulkan masalah lalulintas serius

back down
mengakui dia keliru