newhavenpatriot -
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Originally Posted by newhavenpatriot
I know, I read that already!  A lot of it kinda made sense, but then a lot of it also seemed really weird, too. I do agree with his basic premise that the closer together cars are, the slower the drivers go. The way I see "traffic theory", it's kind of like when you pour oil into a funnel or something. If you pour all of it in at once, it's gonna back up. If you pour it slower, everything will go through smoothly. If nothing else, I think allowing fewer cars to go by you quickly on the highway at least decreases the length of time you're stuck in traffic jams, even if encountering one is basically unavoidable due to the sheer volume of cars on the road at a given time. (see NYC-CT rush hour traffic)
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Ok, you're wayyyyyy ahead of the game,
. An interesting test of your observation would be to have a set of equally spaced right-lane-only speed-limit-only cars along a route. By what you write, this might keep the passing cars from ever getting "too fast" to cause a traffic jam.
CarloSW2