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In addition to increasing the gap, you have to drive steadily, with no braking. This makes you become the most predictable car on the road, people behind you c
by fouc 5y ago
In addition to increasing the gap, you have to drive steadily, with no braking. This makes you become the most predictable car on the road, people behind you can follow steadily instead of constantly accelerating & braking. This leads to reduced congestion.
This CGP video covers some of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHzzSao6ypE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHzzSao6ypE
- lotsofpulp 5y agoThere is no steady in high congestion areas with lots of on and off ramps. The rules are nice when there is no congestion and plenty of room to spread out, but the problems are inevitable at rush times or at chokepoints.
- fouc 5y agoNot all congestion are created by those chokepoints. It's created because someone at some point hit the brakes, and then cars behind get into a pattern of accelerating & braking constantly until the congestion resolves. Steady driving with lots of gaps helps resolve this faster and prevent congestion in general.