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I see this on I88 outside of Chicago all the goddamn time. Takes a little bit of aggressive driving to get past it, but eventuallually you'll find a point where
by hermitdev 7y ago
I see this on I88 outside of Chicago all the goddamn time. Takes a little bit of aggressive driving to get past it, but eventuallually you'll find a point where there is a mile gap in the left lane, becausr people dont accelerate after a slowdown. Its fruatrating and caises me easily 10 minutes per day. I'm fine if you want to drive below the speed limit, but move put of the way (I'm talking people driving 45 in a 60 zone, when prevailing traffic wants to run 85).
Holding up traffic is technically illegal, even if you're exceeding the speed limit, but in practice, its seldom enforced.
- Polylactic_acid 7y agoIts not entirely peoples fault. There is a delay between when you see space ahead of you and when your car accelerates. You also have to wait for the car in front to move far enough away for you to have a safety gap. To avoid this issue, everyone has to accelerate at the same time, but since you can't know if/when/how fast the person in front will accelerate, you can't possibly plan this without putting yourself at a huge risk of crashing in to the back of them. There are plenty of traffic simulations that show this same effect happening even with simulated, non distracted, rule following drivers.
- shrimpx 7y agoYou might find this interesting: https://math.mit.edu/projects/traffic https://math.mit.edu/projects/traffic It’s basically a normal occurrence in dense traffic.
- bluGill 7y agoThe only way to solve this problem is as you reach the slow zone add a bigger gap in front of you, and leave that gap there until the zone is over.