Traffic simulation now if every one would take the time to understand this!
This is not very intuitive, but makes sense! Get everyone that drives a vehicle to read this.
It should be part of your drivers license tests.
I must admit that Im guilty of closing the gap and only letting 1 car in, and only at the last minute! Ill leave the gap open as early as possible and hope ease the blockage.
Simple - right?
It should be part of your drivers license tests.
I must admit that Im guilty of closing the gap and only letting 1 car in, and only at the last minute! Ill leave the gap open as early as possible and hope ease the blockage.
Simple - right?
Amplify�d from trafficwaves.org
MERGING-LANE TRAFFIC JAMS,
A SIMPLE CURE
THE TRAFFIC COMES TO A STOP. NOBODY CAN MERGE EXCEPT AT THE END OF THE
JAM. NOTE THEIR LOW SPEED.
ON THE RIGHT: DRIVERS WITH UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR: THEY ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO
MERGE AHEAD OF THEM, AND THEY TEND TO MAINTAIN LARGE SPACES AHEAD, EVEN IF
TRAFFIC SLOWS TO A CRAWL. MERGING IS EASY. SEE HOW MUCH FASTER THEY
GO?
Traffic jams on highways are often triggered where two lanes must merge
into
one.
Lanes of cars cannot merge if there are no large gaps between cars.
Therefore, drivers who create large gaps between cars will ease this type
of traffic jam.
SIMPLE, EH?
To ease this type of jam:
- Maintain a large space ahead of your car.
- Encourage one, two even three cars to merge ahead of you.
- If traffic slows to a complete stop, KEEP TWO CAR-LENGTHS OF SPACE OPEN AHEAD OF YOU.
- Never "punish" merging drivers by closing your gap.
- Other suggestions
Amazingly enough, it is not necessary that EVERYONE do this. If only a
few drivers will maintain large gaps during heavy traffic, then merging
traffic is not forbidden, and the situation in the left-hand diagram can
be prevented.
Yes youre right, you cannot eliminate every problem by simply making a
big gap in front of your car. When there are too many cars on the road,
traffic slows down. But if we use these special driving habits,
the smaller jams can be erased,
and stop-and-go traffic can be smoothed out. Since many traffic jams are
caused by merging lanes, many traffic jams can be improved by the actions
of just one driver.
Read more at trafficwaves.org
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