Shockwave traffic jams recreated for first time
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@trailertrashrnr Asians are smart some people are just to ignorant to figure that out.
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@Tangent360 I only wish I could thumbs up your comment a dozen more times :-) I hate tailgaters, especially at highway speeds, driving half a second behind someone doing 60MPH is just suicide.
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that one dumb ass in the white car at 0:09 seconds slows for no reason starts the whole thing. figures it's an asian guy
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cuz stupid ass people cant drive.
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i hate how that shit happens!!!! >.<
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@limenlimpidgreen
Thank you sir! I'm in the UK, they reckoned our main roads curved to keep us awake or stop Russian fighter planes using them to invade etc.
But often, they do run straight when the main roads go down a large valley. This way everyone has the chance to see far ahead at all times. :)
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@m1aws Wow, you think just like me when it comes to driving, with both your comments. My Dad always told us to watch the tail lights of at least the car in front of the car in front of us. :) Kind of hard to do, though, in my little car with all the giant SUVs around...
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@limenlimpidgreen They meet the next tail gaters on the next scrunge up.
A perfect speed is the average speed between the racing, sleeping hares.
You meet the last hares as it races off again, resulting in a smooth drive for those behind them.
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3 weeks ago 2
Its not how close or the speed they go. Its the fact they blindly follow the car in front instead of monitoring the line of cars ahead.
By the time they start to bunch its already bunching up. Obvious isn't it. Too late.
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Humans are stupid.
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If should all have cars with timbers as bumpers and be willing to push each other.
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If people would quit following so damned close, they wouldn't have to hit the brakes all the time and cause this effect. The solution is for the highway patrol to quit hanging out under bridges like radar-equipped trolls ticketing people doing 5mph over the limit and to start ticketing tailgaters instead.
The way I understand it, that would make traffic jams more likely. What happens is this: people react to the car in front of them by braking if it slows suddenly. If you're tailgating the person in front of you you're going to react to even the slightest change in speed, not just the abrupt stops.
As TannyHarding said, the goal is constant, maintainable speed. The way I see it, your speed is not maintainable if you're following too closely.