Drive at average speed to kill “traffic waves”
Stopping and starting is worse than driving, for the environment, average it out.
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Stopping and starting is worse than driving, for the environment, average it out.
Nice video on how a single driver can stop jams. Should be built into cars to be honest, it would save lives.
Ahhh, finally found the YouTube comment that explains why we get traffic waves. Chaos!
“This still wasn’t explained as well as it could have been. The reason the wave spreads is because the cars at the front of the jam accelerate more slowly then the cars at the back of the jam can decelerate by hitting their breaks.
This is partially caused by slower reaction times when accelerating compared to decelerating and partially caused by the fact that all vehicles accelerate less rapidly then they decelerate in the mechanical sense.
The best thing is for people coming up to a jam is to maintain a constant speed that allows them to arrive at the jam just as the last car in it dissipates. “
Correct, the butterfly effect – sweet chaos! Read this, it’s worth it and may give you some inspiration next time you are in a jam!
“A team from the University of Bristol, led by Dr Eddie Wilson, concluded that under the right conditions, one motorist’s bad driving can create “a traffic tsunami which can affect traffic up to 50 miles away”.”