Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!FISCHER@RUTGERS.ARPA From: FISCHER@RUTGERS.ARPA Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: physical laws of freeway traffic? Message-ID: <2184@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 16:37:18 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2184 Posted: Wed Jun 15 16:37:18 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jun-83 04:44:46 EDT Lines: 14 From: RonHaving to commute up and down NJ Route 287 every day during rush hour, I too wonder about the reasons for stop-and-go traffic. One possible reason is that a car will not always match the speed of the one in front of it... We could require all commuters to use vehicles with an acceleration time of 0-60 mph in under 5 seconds. It would at the least make the period of the oscillation shorter for "stop and go." Probably make commuting alot more interesting too. (ron) -------