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From: jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.physics,net.auto
Subject: Re: physical laws of freeway traffic?
Message-ID: <334@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Jun-83 10:00:23 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 16 10:00:23 1983
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Reply-To: jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar)
Organization: System Development Corporation--a Burroughs Company
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Another possible cause of the ocillation effect is when
one driver touches his brakes, this causes other drivers
to touch theirs even if they are not in the same lane.
So, one over-cautious driver can easily start a traffic jam
by jamming on his brakes.  This causes others to do the same,
and soon everyone has to slow down behind them.  I have noticed
this happening many times.