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The amount of ridicule for this post seems rather surprising. This guy had a curiosity and he wanted to quantify it. I'm sure everybody knows that traffic is re
by jmts 10y ago
The amount of ridicule for this post seems rather surprising. This guy had a curiosity and he wanted to quantify it. I'm sure everybody knows that traffic is reduced when school is out. Why should that stop someone from asking why, by what magnitude, and what other interesting things occur during this time? I'd hazard a guess that everybody in the 1600's knew that apples fell to the ground. It took Newton to ask why.
- winslett 10y agoHa! Thanks :) The "genius class" on YCombinator isn't my intended audience. Those folks can go jump off a cliff. My intended audience is the average person who jumps in a car and drives without thinking what is beyond the windshield. I think these people are interesting because they are making to-the-second economic decisions while driving. Given that: * road space is a fixed asset * information about upcoming road conditions is uncertain * people can use devices to gather best-effort information from Google * a driver can only choose one route * the choices drivers collectively makes a market * drivers choose to be risker to save time The write up today is really just a foundational observations. Cheers, Chris