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>The only way to provide some relief is for ALL drivers to travel in groups/packs with large gaps in between the groups/packs. The gaps can obsorb slow downs.
by covercash 13y ago
>The only way to provide some relief is for ALL drivers to travel in groups/packs with large gaps in between the groups/packs. The gaps can obsorb slow downs.
Whenever I'm stuck in Philadelphia traffic I try to do this and it seems to make a difference. I've even thought about getting a bunch of friends to all get on at different exits and do it simultaneously. The end goal being official "pace cars" coordinated by a central command center to alleviate stop & go traffic and keep everyone cruising at a constant speed. Needless to say, my mind wanders a lot when I'm stuck in traffic!
- refurb 13y agoI've actually done something similar. When in bad traffic i purposely drive so that i leave a large gap between me and the car ahead of me. I basically drive so that i have to do minimal accelerating/braking. Likely just a coincidnce, but it does seem to improve flow.
- covercash 13y agoAre you located in/around Philly? If so, I'd be interested in coordinating something on 476 or 422 one afternoon.
- refurb 13y agoNope! Bay area (which btw, does not have bad traffic relatively speaking; I've been in traffic jams in the NE and they are way worse, same with LA).
- sk5t 13y agoI do this when stuck in a jam with a manual transmission car. I'll just leave it in first and idle along at ~5 mph... this is slower than the momentary maximum ~15 mph "rubber band" speed but certainly feels like it smooths things out in the long term, and is a lot easier on my clutch foot.
- priscillasj 13y agoI've done this, too. Frankly I just feel better going a steady rate - even if it's 0.5 mph - rather than continuously stopping and starting. The cars behind me tend to disagree, and sometimes even honk ... even though the space ahead of me clearly only leads to a continued jam, and not open road.