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Sat 2005-04-16 22:14 |
I've seen a paper about how to reduce traffic jams which cited a paper that apparently said that yes you can have that effect.
You see, what happens is that the person behind the first rubber-necker breaks slightly harder than they need to to avoid hitting them, and then the next one breaks slightly harder again and so on…
If people actually maintained sensible distances between themselves and the people in front then they'd slow down more sensibly and you'd get negative feedback, rather than positive. |
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