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Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: physical laws of freeway traffic?
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Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 16:37:18 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 15 16:37:18 1983
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From:  Ron 

    Having 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)
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