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help avoid traffic jams ...drive like an idiot

  • 20-08-2009 9:57am
    #1
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭


    The next time someone cuts you off on your morning commute, don't be so quick to call the driver a jerk; you may have a reason to say thanks. According to the latest physics research, rule-breakers -- drivers passing you on the wrong side or changing lanes too close to the intersection -- actually help smooth the flow of traffic for the rest of us.
    The interesting finding is that if most of the people are law-abiding, and you have a certain amount of people who are breaking the rule, then you are actually getting the minimum chance of a [traffic] jam," said Petter Minnhagen, a physicist at Sweden's Umea University and an author of the paper published in the journal Physical Review E.

    full article
    http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=8166277&page=1


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  • #2
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Looks like I'll be driving in the hard should on the motorway from now so :D


  • #3
    Heathen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭Heathen


    a perfect example of this is countries in asia.. i was in Sri Lanka and driving over there is scary!! everyone drives like loonatics.. but i was never stuck in traffic for more than a few minutes because everyone is over/undertaking.. its like controlled chaos over there.. its everyman for himself!! but the traffic never stops flowing!! sorted!


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