>"but there's no way to get rid of them unless all the cars on the highway are autonomous and self correcting." Sure there is; teach everyone how to do race sta

>"but there's no way to get rid of them unless all the cars on the highway are autonomous and self correcting." Sure there is; teach everyone how to do race starts. I always get on it pretty hard coming away from a jam and hope that the person behind me does the same. It rarely ever happens, but I've had some people follow my lead. If people accelerated faster off the front, it'd move the wave back faster. How this might collide with a second wave is not something I've really considered.