• rumba@lemmy.zip
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    23 days ago

    I read a study once that covered the stop and go traffic wave effect. Apparently all you have to do to stop the wave propagation as have a couple of drivers with a two - three car buffer. The first person to not have to come to a stop in the wave has the power to more or less reset and stop the wave.

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      23 days ago

      Yep. I do this all the time on highways. I’ve seen dark red traffic lines on Google Maps as I’ve driven over them turn green.

      Patience and the efforts of a single person in a wavefront can make an enormous difference, like a rock sticking up from a pond.