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This is awesome. The problem is that no individual agent is incentivized to drive slower. I wonder if it'd be worth it to hire "stir-the-pot cars" whose job it
by aba_sababa 13y ago
This is awesome. The problem is that no individual agent is incentivized to drive slower. I wonder if it'd be worth it to hire "stir-the-pot cars" whose job it is to drive slowly during rush hour and ease jams. Kind of like dietary fiber for the road.
Hey, doesn't Uber have a whole fleet of cars in cities around the world? It would be a cool $&@! project for them to be the all-wondrous curers of traffic.
- rallison 13y agoOne could argue that there is an incentive. If you drive a little slower and leave a large gap in front, you get to avoid always being on watch for the guy in front of you slamming on their brakes. This can be a whole lot less stressful, which is incentive itself.
- rosser 13y agoI think the problem is less one of incentive than it is one of awareness. If more people knew about — and actually understood — anti-traffic, more people would employ it. I don't know where the inflection point is, but I'd bet you don't even need all that many people engaging in anti-traffic behavior before it has an appreciable impact, either.
- dbecker 13y agoThe Colorado Department of Transportation does essentially this with "pace cars" at high traffic times coming back from the ski areas.